laughing dormouse

laughing dormouse

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...
Arctic Fox

Arctic Fox

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...
Squirrel in autumn leaves

Squirrel in autumn leaves

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...
Butterfly and flowers

Butterfly and flowers

  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...
crocus in the snow

crocus in the snow

inspiration: I wanted to draw something that said “spring” and the crocus flower made sense. I found a photo of crocuses in the snow. Then I bumped into the art of Joanne Boon Thomas and fell in love with her line and wash technique, which I saw at Arttutorcom. She...