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Family Outing Under Way
My opossum art journal spread is now finished, and the family outing is under way. the finished art journal spread, "Family Outing" The...

Kaaren Poole
2 days ago4 min read


What is the Opossum Doing?
We’ve had a few opossum sightings lately, including this one that I managed to snap a photo of. It inspired me to create an art journal...

Kaaren Poole
Aug 114 min read


Out of My Box
finished sea creatures art journal spread I’m amazed at how out of my box this art journal spread turned out to be. But then, it began...

Kaaren Poole
Aug 45 min read


Making the Fox the Focal Point
Last week I took a “stay-cation” and spent most of my art time working in my latest art journal. It was so relaxing and fun. And beyond...

Kaaren Poole
Jul 284 min read


Fox and Butterflies
This week I decided to take a break from my usual routine and spend as much time as I can working on my current art journal. I realized...

Kaaren Poole
Jul 214 min read


Hope for Compassion
a portrait of the cat as king Hope for Compassion I’m so pleased with my finished art journal spread, “When Cat is King.” On its surface,...

Kaaren Poole
Jul 145 min read


King Cat
my tinted drawing of Cat as King Inspiration The inspiration for this, my latest art journal spread, comes from a mish-mash of sources....

Kaaren Poole
Jul 74 min read


Painting Two Lambs Standing in a Carpet of Flowers
A Calming Technique Suzanne Allard’s video classes got me started with simple florals and I’ve done a handful of pieces with them. But...

Kaaren Poole
Jun 305 min read


Creating Art to Memorialize a Pet
An Artist's Greatest Challenge As an artist, I can think of no greater challenge than creating art to memorialize a pet. I imagine many...

Kaaren Poole
Jun 234 min read


Designing a Backpack for Redbubble
How I started on Redbubble A few months ago, I discovered Redbubble (a company producing print-on-demand products) thanks to a video...

Kaaren Poole
Jun 165 min read


The Artists' Craft - Art Journaling
Inspired by an on-line, self-paced class from Laly Mille, I’ve been working on this art journal spread. In Laly’s class, we were to...

Kaaren Poole
Jun 94 min read


The Mice Have a Tea Party
The Mice have a Tea Party After many more hours, I finally finished my “Mice Have a Tea Party” piece. As I continue to work with colored...

Kaaren Poole
Jun 23 min read


Mice at a Tea Party
After I finished “Mice in the Meadow,” I found that the little creatures were still on my mind and I wanted to draw them again. This time...

Kaaren Poole
May 263 min read


Mice in the Meadow
Another detour this week – down a little path that has nothing to do with the goals I’ve set for myself for this quarter. Oh, well. The...

Kaaren Poole
May 203 min read


Fox and Foxgloves
fox fairy with foxgloves colored pencil drawing Creating this sweet fox fairy felt like a long slog (about ten hours), but it was worth...

Kaaren Poole
May 122 min read


Time for Watercolor
first stage of a ginger cat watercolor I’ve been doing a lot of drawing lately, and have finished five different drawings of catS. I’m...

Kaaren Poole
May 53 min read


Reaping the Reward
my garden's gift of a spring bouquet of sweet peas, daffodils, yarrow, and rose A few days ago I noticed the first sweet pea blossom of...

Kaaren Poole
Apr 282 min read


Inspired by Otomi Embroidery
art journal spread of fanciful tropical birds inspired by Otomi embroidery This art journal spread came into being last Sunday. It was a...

Kaaren Poole
Apr 223 min read


Pushing Colored Pencil
I’m always amazed at the intensity of color many colored pencil artists achieve. I’ve never been able to do that, and I’m not sure why. A...

Kaaren Poole
Apr 142 min read


What Medium to Use?
Here are my finished three bunnies, but it took a while to get here! When I don’t have energy for anything else, it seems that I can find...

Kaaren Poole
Apr 73 min read
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