After the Butterflies and Flowers piece that I made for my granddaughter, you can read about it here, I decided to use the motifs to make a pattern. Keeping the effects of watercolor in the pattern was really important to me. I knew that I needed to use Adobe Photoshop instead of Adobe Illustrator, but …
Early this summer I began painting strawberries in my sketchbook. My sister had asked me if I would design a fabric for her jam jars. I filled several pages with strawberries following Ohn Mar Win’s wonderful teaching at Skillshare. If you haven’t seen her work you can find her on Instagram here. Her work is well …
A couple of weeks ago we took a long beautiful walk on the trails at John Bryan State Park. We made a big loop uphill and down. The day was perfect, cool and sunny. We felt that we had gotten away for a bit of private nature time, and yet, we were being watched. There …
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We are home now. It’s great to be home where all my things are even though I took a much needed peaceful, ‘time out’. Chloe enjoyed Church camp but stayed with us in the camper at night. Mark went to work because we were only half an hour from home, so I had a few …
God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them … He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. Acts 14:15-17 I just love these verses from the Bible. It shows me more about who God is. He made the world …
Beach days beans and peaches birthdays and difficult goodbyes. Cheer me up with gladioli. One bean led to another and likewise with the peaches. Jam was sweet and snapping beans a much needed down-time. Grandpa must have his favorite cake as he has turned 81. Being that age scares him and makes him sit in …
