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...

Sometimes things go swimmingly. That’s the way it went for the first three recording sessions for an art project video for this year’s...

When deciding what to create for my next art journal spread, I determined from the beginning to use one of my favorite background...

Well, not completely new. Just a variation. When I constructed my latest blank art journal, I finally tried something I’d had in mind for...

I began art journaling back in the summer of 2020 after watching a few of Laly Mille’s videos. Before that, I didn’t really see the point...

Here's the finished raccoon with her crown of birds. Despite my use of source material, I feel this piece is now truly my own. Yes, I was...

I follow several people on Instagram who post wonderful photos of animals, especially squirrels, raccoons, and foxes. The other day, I...

I have some art pieces that I only bring out at certain times of the year, and this is one of my favorites for spring, “Spring Beauties.”...

It was a happy milestone to have finished the owls and towers spread I wrote about last week. That was the last spread in the fifth...

I finished the owls and towers spread, but not easily. I'd have to say that although I'm OK with the outcome, it never really came...

Images for collage can come from many places. Often I use clippings from magazines or draw or paint directly on my art journal paper. But...