I wanted to create a nice drawing today, but I learned an art lesson instead. After two embarrassingly awful drawings that my third grade self could have done better, I decided to journal over the image to figure out why I was having such a hard time. My problem was that my motivations were all… Continue reading How my own artwork taught me a lesson
Maybe you’re like me and you go through phases of creativity. Sometimes it’s writing (hence, the blog) and sometimes it’s crochet (especially when it gets cold out), but right now it’s canvases. Painting. Drawing. Wall art. You name it and I want to do it! It doesn’t help that Michaels has a super huge sale… Continue reading I’m on a Painting Kick
I tried something I’ve not done before: speed painting. I am usually pretty hesitant because I don’t want to “waste” nice canvases, but I decided I’d paint over them if I didn’t like them. Then I got on a roll and did three. But I’m getting ahead of myself. I painted to the tune of… Continue reading Music + Painting = Living
Thought I’d share these two paintings with you all. I painted both of them yesterday and finished the second one up today. They’re the kind of paintings that look better from a distance… haha… but for a beginner who doesn’t use canvas and tube acrylics very often, I think I’m doing just fine! I like… Continue reading Fall Painting
Millennial Creativity 