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Jeanette Jobson found the craziest website somewhere online and posted a link on her blog. I just had to try it out. Ever wish you could hav...

I just received my samples from Twinrocker Handmade Paper. They sent 81 samples(!) in all, each approx. 3"x 5". I wanted to post ...

I've been hard at work trying to make the vision I have in my head for this piece come to life on paper. Nevermind that I have no real r...

Recently Robin Neudorfer sent me a link to Twinrocker Handmade Paper . I've been interested in trying out different papers for ink and w...

~~~ SOLD~~~ I revised Miss Willmott. The hard edge/line that ran diagonally from a shadow line on the viewer's left, through the center ...

Still fiddling with the composition on this! I also used the Fabriano Uno 140# paper. IMO, it's lousy for glazing but I managed to get ...

I was curious what other cat artists were creating as I love painting cats myself. Not literally paint cats , of course. In the process of s...

I've been playing a lot with the composition on this one. I wasn't happy at all with my first attempt. I thought it looked like a ...

Inspiration strikes when I least expect it sometimes. Yesterday morning I was shlumping on the sofa in my PJs with Digby, my one and only ma...

This was something I had to learn when I started working with color and I'm still learning. What range of values can be achieved by each...

It seems this winter has been dragging on forever. We still have lots of snow and very cold temps. I found a photo I took last Spring of a c...

This one has been a long time coming. I started over 4 times before getting anything I felt was decent enough to post. I'm still not sa...

I've noticed over time that a few of the visitors to my blog are Googling for matting and framing services which leads them to one of my...

I managed to complete a line sketch and have been working on creating a palette for this painting. I'd love to keep the colors on the co...

I plan to paint Miss Willmott eventually. I hope to do her proud. I've been playing with a few comps and I like this one the best, so fa...

The name of this plant sounds like something from a horror movie and it does have a slightly ferocious look about it. Actually the common na...

Brick walls can be built with artist's blocks. Did you know that? Well, I have been beating my head against this particular brick wall w...

Well, it turns out that the bug I caught got into just about everything on my computer. My son had to dump and reload the entire system so I...

M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S ! Sorry for the lack of recent updates on my blog. I caught a 'bug' online and even though I managed t...