I've always liked Nicolaides' technique of contour drawing in The Natural Way to Draw . Trains the eye, & the hand to wor...

Growing up, my understanding was that to dine alone was not socially acceptable.  My mother, when my father would be away, would g...

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! (the little rainbow is real, from my window prism)  I've heard it's more of a ho...

Snow ALL day yesterday, which gave me permission to do lots of indoor filing & organizing (yes, I went away from the "art ...

Just as with physical exercise, a gal can get out of shape  when  she doesn't work with her sketchbook every day. Question:  ...

Back from the big city. And a flock of Robins is back from somewhere, outside the 2nd floor window!  There must be 20 or so, flying fro...

9 X 12" Arches hot press.   Finished veggies,  ready to deliver! Yay! Prescription for a gray snowy day...

I made it to Z. Yay & Youpi!!  (see previous alphabet posts)

I sometimes gaze longingly at cosmetic bottles in shops. One of them just might contain the perfect elixir that will fix my  age ...

The Valentine Stuff is put away for another year (below),  & the February light sparks me out of my frozen January frame o...

 Valentine's, just for you!  Rien que pour toi...

F is for Fun.  P is for Patience. T is for Thank you for visiting & commenting. Y is for Yay!! (I got to T!) (Any favorites h...

Continuation of my Alphabet Storyboard (draft).   No time for  perfectionism, today. Ack!! But: Get it done! Finish. Later there wi...

I'm making my first illustrated alphabet.  I had various themes in mind, I chose French nouns. Très simple.  I may re-do some. ...

Pages from a 2002 journal, 4 X 6", handbound (but not by me) book  with high quality paper.  When I was newly studying French I en...