Class: Messy Palette Club (week 2)
Tara Choate This week, specifically by Thursday, I have to finish a “mini-book” for my writing and illustrating class. So, in an attempt to clear my schedule, I did this week’s homework…
Painting
Class: Messy Palette Club (week 1)
Yes, folks, I have gone all in to try to get my creativity back. In addition to the “Writing and Illustrating Children’s Books” class (Mom got a HUGE kick out…
Class: Writing & Illustrating Children’s Books (Week 3)
Week 3 was billed as having a “guest” speaker, but we started out in our “usual” fashion of a creative prompt to start the class. The prompt: “Your weekend.” As…
Class: Writing & Illustrating Children’s Books (Week 2)
I intended to “catch up” on all three classes to date, but the last post got a little long, so I decided to divide the subject into weeks. Week 2…
Class: Writing & Illustrating Children’s Books (Week 1)
Well, after that last post, I could use some actual art-related posts. Luckily, I’ve been taking a couple of classes, so I have lots to talk about. For the last…
The process of “finishing”
As I said to my mom tonight, for me, finishing a painting is less about actually being done and more about running out of time. As you may remember, I…
All the pretty horses
Once again, I have to make my appologies for over a month without blogging. I really have no good excuses. In fact, the less said, perhaps the better. Let me…
Ruth Ellen Hoag – Day 3
Today was the final day of the Ruth Ellen Hoag workshop. Ruth started the day with a challenge. She showed us some very contemporary work by artist Brenda Goodman and…
Ruth Ellen Hoag – Day 2
Right up front I’m gonna apologize for the poor quality images today; I forgot my camera and took these with my Kindle. They are blown out, skewed, and cut off…