One of the first times I was happy with my painting output is when I made mono prints. I learned from a class on the amazing Creativebug. Sharing my slimmed-down version in step-by-step instructions here. There also are different techniques on Youtube. Let’s get started… Gather your materials… Strathmore printing paper – I have aContinue reading “monoprints!”
Category Archives: arting
Blue and white
My husband and I took a quick trip to Lincoln, NE a week ago. It was the penultimate weekend before Ken Burns’ quilts were leaving the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. I am so sorry we waited so long to go, because I am going to gush about this exhibition and now it isContinue reading “Blue and white”
Tuesday Two – Issue 1
Ken Burns collects quilts!! No, he really does. Just the coolest article about him and his collection here. Reading his comments about the history, craftsmanship, and art of quilts had me balling like a baby. I am falling in love with the work of Paul Klee. There is a lifetime of inspiration in design, shape,Continue reading “Tuesday Two – Issue 1”
Designing
Today is the birthday of a friend who died a year and a half ago. I have had people I love die, but I have never felt grief like this before. The pain hits me less often, but when it does it is unrelenting – feeling the shock over and over again. She just isn’tContinue reading “Designing”
a new logo
I spent several hours tonight creating a logo that made me swoon. I love the bright florals and I added the gradient grey circle – a trick I learned about pairing grey with colors to make them pop in a color theory class I took a couple years ago, Anyway, I love it. But IContinue reading “a new logo”
Sunday Seven
Oh, hello, blog. It is hard for me to know where to get started, so jumping in with seven things I have been doing or thinking about… My perfect cat! Toby is tiny and interesting, and at times a real shit. But I am his favorite person. Every morning he snuggles next to me onContinue reading “Sunday Seven”
Drawings and Writer’s Block
I want to write every day – but today is a day when my head and body are tired. I want to climb into bed… but I am finding that pushing through is sometimes a better feeling. Keeping this commitment to myself is important. So, with writer’s block, I am sharing some things IContinue reading “Drawings and Writer’s Block”
Cups of stuff
I still want to learn to draw. It has been challenging for me, because my brain doesn’t communicate to my hands in that way. Which is just practicing enough in order to build the connection for communication. But when I want to practice drawing, I don’t know where to start, what to do. This weekContinue reading “Cups of stuff”
One night…
I went the whole night without television. What an inane statement, but still I am proud. DH and I luxuriated in the quiet evening. He is dozing on the couch after a few hours of reading. And I have done a lot of things that I plan to do of an evening (before I end upContinue reading “One night…”
You should see this: Chrysanthemums by Henri Fantin-Latour
I love pictures of flowers. Controversial, I know. Henri Fantin-Latour was part of the Impressionist gang. In fact, he painted a famous and lovely picture of the boys in the band. He didn’t like going outside. So while he was their friend, he stayed inside painting pictures of flowers. I can’t imagine a muchContinue reading “You should see this: Chrysanthemums by Henri Fantin-Latour”
weeknight quilting 