My Latest Art Project

Hello! Today on Simply Saturday I’ll be sharing my latest art project: a four seasons painting. Let’s get started! What do I mean by a four seasons painting? Well, I divided this canvas into four sections. Each section (if everything works out like I’m planning 😉 ) will contain a painting using a reference photo from each of the four…

Mixed Media for Autumn

Today I’ll be sharing a little mixed media project I’m working on. I haven’t finished it yet, but I thought I’d share where I am in the process. Let’s get started! Pictured above is the image I’m working off of. I don’t really think my project will look very near to it, but it’s nice to having something to use…

Sketches: Seven Days of Art

Hello again! Today we’ll be taking a peak into one of the recently completed projects in my sketchbook. A week or so ago, I found a course on Craftsy that looked interesting. It was called Seven Days of Drawing, and it involved watching a short video everyday (well, in theory. Due to some busy days, I didn’t actually finish the…

Thank God for dirty dishes…

…they have a tale to tell. 🙂 Today I have an interesting little project to share with you: how I hand lettered and painted a sign! This sign has been sitting above my grandma’s sink for as long as I can remember. One of my older sisters, Caroline, has been saying that she would like something very similar to it….

A Lesson in Patience

Hello! Today I’ll be sharing what I’ve recently been working on in the area of artistic pursuits. The project: What is that, you ask? This, very detailed, “paint-by-number”. (I don’t really like calling it that, since it sounds like I’m working on a little kid’s coloring sheet…but it is technically a “paint-by-number”) Anyway, I’ve worked on this painting for many…