Blog — Creative Process

  Have you ever had your portrait drawn or painted? It's a fun experience. I enjoy drawing portraits from life. A good example of this is my portrait of Mike. He was in town for a few hours and stopped by to visit my husband. I asked him to sit for me. I wanted to draw his portrait. He sat...

  It really is Tell a Story Day... according to the holiday insights website today we celebrate story-telling of all kinds. It's the perfect day to share the story of "Daisy." This is my first short slideshow video with narration and background music! Below is the transcript. To watch the slideshow video click this link: https://youtu.be/Ez-VF-pfU04 Did you like watching...

My art teacher consistently reminded me to focus on form and detail, to take my time, and practice, practice, practice. If I did these things I would produce beautiful portraits. In these three works the same model is used. The first is a pencil sketch of the models. This is a rough sketch. (I love these as much as I...

Do you consider white and black to be colors? I did for years until I learned technically they are shades. When I sat down to paint Bernard I drew a quick sketch. I then chose to limit myself to one color, raw umber, and two shades, titanium white and ivory black. I began by painting with brushes laying down the...

This portrait is in my private collection. There's something about this one that strengthens me when I look at it. Her expression stirs a resolve in me to improve my drawing skills and work each day to better see the details of each face. I remember my beloved art teacher years ago standing behind me as I was painting a...