by Kate | Dec 26, 2025
LEARNING After starting to draw the spider, I found this drawing tutorial. It helped me understand the structure of spiders. It may help as I am painting. How to Draw a Spider INSPIRATION I wanted to paint an animal that made a structure and immediately thought of a...
by Kate | Nov 27, 2025
INSPIRATION one of Michele clamp’s animal watercolor tutorials is a male cardinal. Christmas is coming up and working with red seems like a fun idea. Notes from the video about her approach. “Bird art gives us watercolor painters a great opportunity to exploit the...
by Kate | Oct 28, 2025
November 2025 theme: gratitude INSPIRATION After my insight last month, I made a list of all of Michele Clamp’s animal watercolor tutorial videos. (I thought about starting with a simpler still life but was bored by the prospect. I chose to work with her watercolor...
by Kate | Sep 28, 2025
October theme: COMPASSION Leave a comment: should I edit these notes or continue to post them in full? INSPIRATION I googled “endangered animals demonstrating compassion” and landed on this page The Many Ways Animals Teach Us Love, Compassion and Empathy Elephants...
by Kate | Aug 12, 2025
INSPIRATION I’ve been watching a Netflix documentary series, Our Oceans. One part of the film included some discussion of puffins. They form long-term pair bonds. The film portrayed a male bird waiting for his lady to return from a trip. When they met again, they...
