WOW – Summer has flown by and I have been busy.  We went camping, Peanut went to a week sleepover camp, Bri  . . . well shes Bri, on the computer.  Alaina has been getting ready to go off to Keene State College.   I begin my Masters in Art Ed, this month . . . and I am […]

Creativity?  Have you ever looked at a blank journal page and  . . . DUH!   Well I found a great inspiration website “Kat Can Paint” and she has a list of 31 Days of Creative Art Journal Prompts.   I found it inspiring just reading it, so I figured I could borrow her list and put

I just recived my shipment of my art books this week and can’t wait to go through the pages to do the exercises.   Doodles Unleashed by Traci Bautista and Mixed Media Self Portraits by Cate Coulacos Prato 2 great books to be inspired by!

UPDATE 2014: Studios are all rented.  🙂  Well we have made a lot of progress. The walls are being put up and it is beginning to look like studio rooms, the floors are beautifully polished wood under the paper cover and the wiring is in. . . we are getting closer to being able to

 Have you heard of the New Studios at Building 9?      We are artists and art teachers here to share all kinds of art with the public and give lower income community of Lawrence a creative outlet!   The studios are brand new, still under construction and will be a great place to be creative, live and

Classes I am teaching at Beck’s Art Express in Nashua, NH.   The studio gives classes to kids and adults along with parties.  Check out the website at:  artsexpressnh.com/ Beck’s Arts Express is owned and operated by Rebecca Fredrickson, like myself, she is a professional artist and certified teacher.   Zentangle for kids! Explore the calming art form of Zentangle

Close up 5, a photo by Phizzychick! on Flickr. This work is so interesting, she has inspired me to create this with my students, maybe use a theme or specific tecnique for them.

  I created these with photos I had taken at the beach of my daughter. The ocean waves and the sky are using acrylics and the letters are thick cardstock, ink and paint. The photo is placed over the painting with a transparent transfer. The paintings came out ok – interesting and fun experimenting.   Not

The things little girls do while at the beach!  She is not in gymnastics yet her fun tumbling always occurs at the beach in the sand; it is one of the best times because she is laughing and having fun.   Taking photos of her tumbling is a great way for me to practice taking

Checking out the MFA art museum in Boston.