Class: Messy Palette Club (week 4)
Tara Choate The heat drove me from Salem down to the beach to see my mom. I took my paints with me so I would have an excuse other than heat for…
Painting
Class: Messy Palette Club (week 3)
It’s catch up time again! This week the focus was simplifying the major landscape elements. We were challenged to do a painting, selecting five key parts and to work out…
Class: Messy Palette Club (week 2)
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…
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…