Watercolor poinsettia wreath

Hi all! It's the first of the month, so another challenge starts over at the "Merry Little Christmas" challenge blog. It's always an "Anything Goes" challenge as long as it's some craft object that is Christmas themed. I decided to paint a Christmas wreath with my watercolor paints. It's my first painting a wreath with …

Coronavirus self-portrait

In the delirium caused by my raging fever and fatigue mind, I somehow managed to sketch and paint a self-portrait, with my self-made mask, that actually resembles me! No, I didn't have the COVID19 virus, well not that I know of anyway, but the doctor said it was a minor virus, bronchities, it seems. So …

Growing as an artist

I just started a 100-day grateful painting challenge to improve as an artist and try to find my style and voice along the way. As I am also listening to Oprah & Deepak's free 21-day meditation on "Manifesting Grace Through Gratitude", I've combined my challenge to express what I'm grateful for each day. You can …

2019 A Year of Opportunities

Hi all. It feels like I haven't blogged for ages and its not for a lack of desire but I've been working on my painting and I started 2019 with a few orders for my handmade cards and another project for a German charity group, so busy busy! I've decided that 2019 will be a …

Naked in public

I have the chance to live in a country where being naked in front of strangers is completely normal. And while some might see this as completely abhorrent, I have come to embrace it (not while I'm naked mind you 😆) and I will try to expose the reasons why I unrobe in public without …