This week, I’m working from my own painting that I created from my inspiration book – The Art Of Anthropologie book.

We have been on a journey together over the last few months of trying new things.

This is how I learn, stretch myself, and confirm what I love and don’t love.

Usually, I do this behind the scenes, but I thought it would be great to show you the process so that you know I don’t have an endless supply of ideas. That I run out of inspiration too…. but this is what I do to find my way.

This is what I do to build new skills. To bring in what I love to new ways of creating.

I took the blue and the green from my piece that I discovered I loved and brought them together with MORE things that I love!

It’s always one giant experiment and a new season to learn.

I’ll share more about it in the video, I hope you enjoy the project and always know that you are loved.

The original of “Seasons Build Skills” is available HERE and prints of this work are available HERE.

Supplies used:

1. 11×14 wood panel
2. Liquitex matte gel
3. Liquitex gesso black and white
4. Liquitex gouache burnt sienna
5. Golden acrylic titan buff
6. Grumbacher acrylic raw umber
7. Amsterdam olive green light (or green gold)
8. Posca pens and Sharpie waterbased pens in black and white
9. Vintage collage papers
10. Pencil and black soft pastel
11. Sanding block to rough up the piece

Stencils used: THESE WILL BE ON SALE THIS WEEK

1. Numbers 1
2. Garden 2
3. Eucalyptus Branches
4. Scribble Marks 1
5. Artsy Alphabet
6. Collage Fodder Circles Large with mask