This Fauxdori turned out nicer than the first........although there are some things I learned with this one not to do next time. This one ...

This post is about folder inserts for the covers I'm making.  First I tried using a letter size hanging file folder.....idea from Po...

For days now I have been looking into an alternative method of making my own artist journals.  I've made accordion and hard bound hand s...

Today my husband and I drove out to a place called Emeralda Marsh Conservation.  The drive is being rerouted through the marsh lands and we ...

My youngest son's new puppy, Lola. Momma is a Chocolate lab and daddy is a Yellow Lab.  Pups took on the coloring of the Yellow Lab.  ...

Still working in the Venezia sketchbook, I decided to try one of my favorite methods........prewetting an area with water and dropping in co...

This sketch was done in the Fabriano Venezia sketchbook.  This provided a good experience of what it will be like painting with watercolor. ...

This morning I've been playing with watercolor in the Fabriano Venezia sketchbook to see how it handles how I like to work.......wet in ...

I can sit for hours watching birds and have feeders in the back and front of our house.  Right outside the window where I spend 95% of my ti...

A very dear friend here where I live uses this brand sketchbook........Fabriano Venezia Drawing Sketchbook.  Last week I accompanied him on ...

Trying the basic shapes with people to see if it helps speeding up a bit.  Way too soon to tell.  If I were doing this on paper, I'd wor...

Working with general shapes is not how I ever learned to draw.  Instead I've always just picked a spot and followed the overall shape of...

This was a right brain exercise I failed at.  Maybe it's my imagination but I felt my left and right brain were battling for control.  I...

What a fun day we had yesterday at Discovery Gardens.  It was a bit chilly when we met up but sitting in the sun made it tolerable. There ...

When nothing else grabs me, I can always fall back on practicing with this little bear :-) For today's practice I decided to work in P...

Yesterday, several from our sketching group attended a yearly paint out sponsored at Wekiva Island, Florida. This event goes all week long...