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PFF: Pinterest Find or Fail Inaugural Post

Pinterest is fantastic for people who like swiping right on ideas that they will likely never attempt or complete.  I am one of those people. I started out with binders full of clippings from magazines...

Shifting Creativity

I envy those that can stay the course on one hobby, but then I don’t.  My shifting creativity keeps life interesting and our home in fresh supply of weirdness and awesome.  The current obsession is...

Necronomicon Art Journal: Mi-Go, the Fungi from Yuggoth

This week we are closing out the year with Mi-Go, the Fungi from Yuggoth! I have always visualized these creatures differently, but the more I read the more I realized I had it a little wrong. And then I...

Sketchy: Drawing with Line, Tone and Detail

The assignment I worked on this week in the perspective course was to draw with attention to line, tone and detail.  As is my nature, I share what I feel I am successful at as well as perceived failures and...

Journal 52: Purple, Dilemmas and Tomatoes

Week 18 of Journal 52 asked us to be inspired by purple in honor of Prince.  It’s not that I didn’t really like Prince or think that he didn’t deserve honors, but I felt awkward about it and...

Abstract Art: Something Yellow

The second canvas I used to practice my abstract art was awful.  I didn’t like it at all.  The colors were blah and I was not pleased.  So, after seeing several YouTube artists ‘just paint over...

Paper Logs and Homemade Paper for Art

I have a lot of confidential material to destroy daily and my workplace doesn’t have a stellar method for disposing of all this paper.  There are garbage bags full of shredded paper that get sent to...

Public Speaking and a New Painting

Last night I completed my second ‘major’ public speaking event. When I took my promotion three years ago, I knew there would be a community education component, but I never anticipated I would be...