Acrylic paint pouring is fairly new in the creative craft world. It’s been on my “must try” list since I first started seeing posts and videos giving demonstrations. I love the beauty and unpredictability of the outcome. So much depends … Continue reading
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I am so excited to tell you that I have published a class of my own on Skillshare! Skillshare is an online learning community in which you can take thousands of classes in a large variety of subjects. If you’ve … Continue reading
Everyone needs a challenge in their lives to keep growing and expanding their gifts. My challenge now is staying one step ahead of my granddaughter, (or maybe more correctly, keeping up with her!) I love her enthusiasm and desire to … Continue reading
Over six years ago I wrote a post about my dreams of watercolor painting. You can read the whole post here. I longed to learn to paint well with watercolors, but my paints tended to stay on the shelf… from … Continue reading
Last week I took a granddaughter to visit crafters at Silver Dollar City’s annual craft festival. This year we met a sweet crafter named Amy Koch of Paper Loft Creations. She creates adorable shadowboxes using wood, paper, fabric, string, rocks, … Continue reading
My seven year old granddaughter has declared she is going to be an artist when she grows up. Her favorite medium is watercolor. I declare she is an artist right now who will continue to hone her skills as she … Continue reading
“I enjoyed painting a dance recital and who knows what I might paint next!” I ended my post with those words at the beginning of the summer. Little did I know that by the end of the summer the dance … Continue reading
If you want to learn how to do something, seek out someone who knows more than you do, and ask them to teach you what they know. (And be sure to compensate them for their time and knowledge!) Most of … Continue reading
I love to watch people dance, especially ballet and tap. I don’t dance. I did try an adult ballet class many years ago when my own kids were taking dance classes, but decided to vicariously enjoy dance through watching my … Continue reading
Sometimes the desire to create in a certain medium is in your heart, but what to create is eluding you. I’ve found that playing around with something completely different than what I really want to do gets the creative ideas … Continue reading