by Kate | Jan 31, 2020
Inspiration What creature speaks to me of well-being? A butterfly! If I’m going to paint a butterfly, I might as well contribute to my 100 monarchs project. I surfed the web and found...
by Kate | Jul 24, 2019
inspiration: Every now and then, I get email from someone who has stumbled on the 100 monarchs page. I feel guilty for not having accomplished my original vision. (In 2015, I had a grand idea that I would paint/draw monarch butterflies and somehow raise money for the...
by Kate | Oct 3, 2018
This has been my “reinvention” month. I implemented a new painting workspace using a small shelf to hold the paint and water in front of the easel. I can now reach paint, water and surface with the brush held in my mouth. Yay! Inspiration: I wanted to reinvent...
by Kate | Dec 26, 2017
inspiration: in January 2015, I saw the movie Flight of the Butterflies. In one of my more manic moments, I conceived of a fundraiser for monarchs and MS that would involve artists drawing/painting monarch butterflies, selling the art and sending the proceeds either...
by Kate | May 31, 2016
monarch caterpillar watercolor pencil drawing – final – May 2016 monarch caterpillar watercolor pencil drawing – semi final Improved: drawing what I see adding volume Challenges: controlling pencil pressure covering large areas of color paper seems coated before I...
