I can’t believe it’s actually happening and we are getting this beast of a project underway. Today was the first day of the mural project. We finally get to start the fun part – actually working on the wall. We are definitely making this wall look a whole lot uglier before we make it beautiful. [...]

It’s been a little too long since I last posted, but it’s for many good reasons. It’s been a great combo of overworked and underpaid I’m the Creative Director of a community mural project here in Ames and what started out as a “easy project”, is now a massive project involving 8 organizations, the Public [...]

Sometimes taking the day off is the best way to refresh and get new ideas. “Well yeah,” you are saying. Like everything else in life, easier said than done. Yesterday I came to the point where I had to decide between going to my painting class or writing a post. (The weekend was insane. As [...]

Okay, so I said from the beginning that drawing every day was my #1 goal and posting said drawings each day was goal #2. Well, I stuck with the #1 and kept drawing even though I wasn’t posting them. Sorry for the mass post here, but it’s with good reason. I started and finished and [...]

Hey, today is day 20 with no misses. I’m on the cusp of three weeks. I think I can keep this up no problem. I cleaned up my home studio area this morning and started work on Beef it’s what’s for dinner (food chain series) piece again. I love that steer and it’s about time [...]

Shortly after returning from San Francisco, I posted about my realization I am not a fiber artist. Being tossed back into real life and real deadlines didn’t allow for much restructuring and prioritizing. It wasn’t until this past month that I felt like I was “caught up” and back into a good routine. I made a [...]

When I showed my friend Linda the new embroidery set, she started laughing and said “It’s Jack the Ripper”. So I painted this one up just for her. I Wasn’t originally intending to do painted illustrations of all the Crafty Buddies, but now I think I will. You can get the first embroidery set in [...]

Awhile ago – I’m not sure when, maybe last week even – I told you how my friend Christina and I were starting to meet up each week to paint. Well after two sessions we finished our first studies (whether we were done or not) because our avocado rotted. Haha. I think they turned out [...]

I finally gave making my own charcoal a shot and it worked out great! I used some doll rod scraps from another project to make some charcoal for myself. I haven’t drawn with it yet though, but my test marks seem very nice. I also used a reject whittled crochet hook too – the funnest [...]

Today I grabbed my little bottle of aveeno lotion and “go!” I’m having some issues iwth perspective that will just take focus and practice to get over. The thread from monday was the worst, yesterday a little better, and today even better. I’m finally remembering all those fun things like checking my lines, really Looking [...]