-
Recent Posts
- Short and sweet is never a bad idea, for drawings or blog posts! December 25, 2020
- Braving the Cold with Patrick December 7, 2020
- “Look at That!”…but where do I start? November 23, 2020
- Today’s the day! “Look at That!” November 22, 2020
- The Quickest Way to My Heart is via a Fountain Pen November 12, 2020
- A piece of unexpected art equipment November 1, 2020
- Sundays with Patrick October 12, 2020
- My “Look at That!” book is moving right along! September 23, 2020
- “Look at that!” said the soon-to-be author. September 4, 2020
- To Women Artists Everywhere August 26, 2020
Categories
Tags
- architecture
- art supplies
- Beginnings
- Being Present
- Community
- Creative Habit
- Creativity
- drawing habit
- Eyesight
- fountain pen
- Habits
- Inspiration
- Integrity
- learning from masters
- life-long learning
- Look at That!
- Looking
- mark-making
- meditation
- Memoir
- Mentors
- observation
- pen and ink
- pencil sketch
- Perseverance
- plein air
- seeing
- seeing meditation
- self-publishing
- simplicity
- Sketchbook
- sketching
- sketching with others
- tint brush
- urban sketching
- Watercolor
- winter sketching
- Writing
- Writing Habit
Tag Archives: Inspiration
Today’s the day! “Look at That!”
My book is finally a reality! I am so proud to announce that a book that began its life as a twinkle of a notion of an alternative sort of art class three years ago, has turned into a lighthearted, … Continue reading
Posted in 1- Nuts: Graphic Styles, Cartoons, Look at That! book, Look-at-That! Pouches, Pen & Ink, Sketchbooks, Sketching tools, Urban Sketching (On-Site Creativity), Watercolor, Writing
Tagged Creative Habit, drawing habit, Inspiration, Looking, meditation, pen and ink, seeing, Sketchbook, sketching, Watercolor
8 Comments
To Women Artists Everywhere
I stumbled across this while looking for something else in my art archives. Notice it is from twenty-eight years ago. Those shoes still fit.
Posted in 3- Magic: Art Epiphanies, Musings on Life
Tagged Community, Creative Habit, Inspiration, Mentors, Perseverance
Leave a comment
The Cha-Cha of Confidence
You may have noticed I haven’t written much about sketching, or watercolor, or art supplies lately. Instead, I seem to be fixated on writing about how to best use one’s time for the most pleasant result at the end of … Continue reading
Posted in 3- Magic: Art Epiphanies, Musings on Life
Tagged Being Present, Community, Creative Habit, Inspiration, Looking, Perseverance, Writing Habit
5 Comments
Enough, Equanimity, and Selective Indifference
Enough What a powerful word. Even in these days of pandemic semi-lockdown, it is still easy to get the sense you are not doing ‘enough.’ That thought can be in my head before I even fully awaken in the morning! … Continue reading
Posted in Musings on Life
Tagged Community, Inspiration, Integrity, Mentors, Perseverance, Writing Habit
4 Comments
Grounded…but in a good way
I gave myself another treat today—as my reward for donning shoes and a visor and a mask and venturing forth into the semi-safe great outdoors for some welcome exercise, I indulged in an iced coffee and a sweet at my … Continue reading
Posted in Look-at-That! Pouches, Musings on Life, Pen & Ink, Watercolor
Tagged Community, Inspiration, Integrity, Mentors, Perseverance
1 Comment
Gentle Momentum
I was talking with a friend recently about the difference between inspiration and duty. Sure enough, within 12 hours, I came across not one but three webinars whose focus was on just that, so here we are. Have you ever … Continue reading
Recent Travels with My Tribe
Part 2: I learned a great deal from my past three Summer School courses. I barely recognize the woman I was in 2017, the woman who struggled to answer the question: “If expense were not an issue and you had … Continue reading
Posted in Musings on Life, My Story, Sketchbooks
Tagged Beginnings, Community, Creative Habit, Creativity, Eyesight, Habits, Inspiration, Integrity, Mentors, Perseverance
8 Comments
For God’s Sake, Get a Tribe!
It’s that time of year again, when a few friends and I spend four weeks planning out our dreams and goals for the upcoming year, and of course in order to do this, we begin by looking back on the … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoons, Musings on Life, My Story
Tagged Beginnings, Community, Creative Habit, Creativity, Eyesight, Inspiration, Mentors, Perseverance, Writing Habit
1 Comment
Scotland: A Lack of Words Speaks Volumes
I am in the middle of going back through all 92 of the blog posts I have created in the last four years, tidying them up a bit, deleting some, seeing things from a fresh perspective. I read one … Continue reading
Reopening the World: Will you forfeit what you have gained?
Although I would never say this worldwide pandemic has been a blessing in any sense, many people have discovered that running at a snail’s pace has its perks. The question is, even though you may be on the verge of … Continue reading
