Kaaren Poole

The Taster Sessions for Life Book 2024 are now finished, but I thought you'd like to see what my project was. If you tried it, I...

This collage – or series of small collages – isn’t for displaying on tabletop easels. It actually is a table top! And to be more accurate...

I’ve thought of it so many times‒starting a needle felting project. And today I did it! My plans for the day had changed unexpectedly. I...

I know it’s a little early, but, looking forward to Halloween, I was helping my granddaughters draw black cats and haunted houses....

Sometimes things just came together, and here’s one of my favorite examples. I was browsing through a magazine and came across this...

It's finished! Yay! And I'm happy with it! Double yay! I've started setting up my studio in what had been my sister's room (she moved...

It's been fun working on a big piece for a change. And it's also been fun working on a piece where I started with very little idea where...

I have a few art mantras which are meant to be amusing. One is “More is More,” in response to the “Less is More” wisdom which I, as a...

I was able to finish this spread this past week, but it was really hard getting that sky dark enough. It was pretty dark when I finished...

I had a concept I was excited to start working on, so I reached for my art journal and pencil and started drawing. As it turns out, that...

The other evening I picked a small bouquet of flowers and put it in my favorite vase. When I brought it into the bedroom and set it on my...

Over the decades, I've worked in so many different media and, though some were more difficult and frustrating than others, I've loved...

Art Journaling is an art form I enjoy second only to drawing. I began back in 2020 after watching a few of Laly Mille’s classes....

After a week of now and then contemplating my spread, I was finally ready to add color. At first, I just colored the flowers, leaves, and...

A marketing postcard I’d saved got me started on this spread. I like the colors and the florals and the vintage look – all in all, very...

I’ve had a new experience with my latest blog post. I was excited about my idea‒combining the red wolf and the American Chestnut tree,...

The other day as I was working to format my Milkweed Manor animal fiction books for Kindle, I thought about the old predictions about the...

A heron visited my art journal spread after all. Here's where I was last week: Nice enough, but perhaps missing something. Should I...

I was flipping through an old magazine when this small image (below) caught my attention. What attracted me was primarily the colors....

Friday and Saturday afternoons were wonderful! I spent them working on my latest art journal spread – Toad in the Garden. Two weeks ago I...