So many possibilities…. that’s the title of this piece and the story of my year of curiosity. Last week’s floral project had a lot of twists and turns, and a few panic moments….but this week I did a deeper dive into what I want to convey in my...
Today is all about taking risks. And how it didn’t go as planned. I shared this week about looking for inspiration for abstract florals and found only a few that spoke to me. One was Georgia O’Keeffe’s work. There were many things I liked and many...
Today’s inspiration for this piece comes from a fantastic book by artist Petra Thölken. She does the most amazing mixed media backgrounds and abstract paintings. My other inspiration was from my favorite, Morgan Harper Nichols. Morgan talks about lessons from...
In today’s project we did a lot of layering… the best kind of layers… with papers and paint and then sanded them down. Oh, it was so much fun! My inspiration this week is an unknown artist…. ME! While I was preparing content for the membership,...
This week I’m getting inspiration from my Uppercase Botanica encyclopedia and the Uppercase magazine. I love how there are so many examples of florals mixed with pattern, so I decided to try it. I even created 3 new stencils just for this project! I also was...
I was definitely in the wild unknown when I started putting this together, but I didn’t care. I got a rush of ideas and practically ran to my table… I forgot to put my apron on and got paint all over my clothes (pretty normal for me), but it didn’t...