A friend that is a ceramic artist once told me that sometimes our best work is what we do while taking a class. At the time I was discussing the inability to capture drawing the same way I did in my college art classes. There was a focus then that I do not have now. …
I prefer actual printed photos instead of the digital ones. Digital is good when I want to quickly share a photo from my phone or iPad. But, I enjoy sitting down and thumbing through our family photos. Either way, our photos are the little snapshots of our celebrations, family times, outings and our day to …
A fun way for me to prompt creative ideas is to challenge myself to make projects using a limited amount of supplies. Painting a background page with a limited color palette or using one rubber stamp in a variety of applications are a couple of ways I challenge myself creatively. One of my favorite project …
I love paper! Books, drawing pads, journals, paper crafts… I also enjoy making it. Summer is a great time for a papermaking project. The paper dries quickly and working with the wet pulp has a cooling affect. For my paper pulp I use the discards from our shredder. I put these shreds in a blender …
