by Kate | Feb 25, 2025
This month’s theme is equanimity. I googled “equanimity endangered species” and, unsurprisingly, got no results. I tried “peaceful endangered species” and (through their AI) received a choice of amphibians. Contestants were the Hot Creek Toad (good name for a band)...
by Kate | Jan 28, 2019
Inspiration: The kind promise for this month is “I will live with joy for no apparent reason.” I googled joyful animals and discovered this laughing dormouse. It’s a little out of season, since it is a spring picture. Spring makes me happy anyway so, why not draw...
by Kate | Dec 31, 2018
inspiration My promise this January is “to forgive with wild abandon.” Both forgiveness and the beginning of the year make me think of big changes. Since I wanted to draw an animal, I googled and found a list of Top 10 Animal Transformers. It was a fun list to...
by Kate | Oct 29, 2018
inspiration: I wanted a fall subject and acorns sprung to mind. I googled “animal with acorn” and looked through images of squirrels with acorns. I wanted to escape suburbia, so I liked this image of a squirrel in natural surroundings. Creation: I’ve recently figured...
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...