I’ve never been a painter that spends a lot of time mapping out or planning paintings. I tend to just dive right into a painting. The majority of the time this tends to work out decently for me, but not all paintings work as well as I’d like. During a recent plein air class, I…
Category: Pen & Ink
2020 Inktober
You may have noticed the distinct lack of ink drawings this year if you’re following me over on instagram or facebook. I do still plan on doing inktober this year, but I’m thinking of maybe starting late or waiting until next month and do… inkvember? The name certainly isn’t as catchy. That’s for sure. I’m…
Ramblings
I know. I know. I bitched pretty much all of January about how much I hate painting flowers and here I am painting flowers. The difference this time is that I felt really inspired to create this painting. Last month I was forcing myself to paint because I didn’t want to fail at some arbitrary…
2019 Year in Review
This year was a mixed bag. It was very positive in terms of my art and getting back into the workforce and very difficult due to some unexpected losses. Overall, I’m grateful this year has finally come to a close. I’m ready for a fresh start in 2020. After nearly a decade of being a…
Inktober 2019 – Complete
I know you’re all just about sick of hearing about Inktober already. Here is my final post about it this year, just to wrap things up. I promise. At 29 complete paintings, I didn’t quite finish the challenge. I am really satisfied with the work I put in this year though. Compared to last year,…
Inktober 2019 – Week 5
Here is the final week of Inktober. I had every intension of finishing Inktober this year and I even came close. Tragedy struck my family, however, and a silly little drawing challenge seemed so inconsequential. I am really proud of the progress I’ve made this October. Once I started to use sepia ink, I feel…
Inktober 2019 – Week 4
This challenge is flying by. Only 7 more paintings left and I can take a little break. I’m actually looking forward to going back to my gouache animal paintings. I’ve been looking around at what other people are posting on Instagram and I can’t help but notice how many different ways people interpret the challenge….
Inktober 2019 – Week 3
Here we are, just over half way through Inktober. I’m happy to announce that it still seems to be going well. I know month long daily challenges are usually difficult, but I’ve spent most of this year daily painting so this is just me doing my daily routine. The biggest challenge has been working from…
Inktober 2019 – Week 2
This Inktober is really going great so far. The paintings are really flying by each day and they’re something I really look forward to. This is the first year I’ve used masking fluid to preserve my whites. I knew about it, but I didn’t know just how amazing it is. I’ve been using the crap…
Inktober 2019 – Week 1
It has only been three days so far but I’m loving Inktober. This is my second year attempting the challenge. I wasn’t sure if I was going to participate at all, but I’m glad I am. I love using ink. It has to be in my top three all time favorite art supplies. Usually when…
2018 Year in Review
This year was definitely interesting as far as my painting habits go. It was both very productive in which I created some of my best paintings yet and very unproductive which led to a real struggle with painting in general. I started the year off with a bang and completed a 30 paintings in 30…
Inktober 2018 – Part 4
Inktober was a good challenge and I enjoyed drawing and I even seem to have improved a little by the end. I came close, but didn’t finish the challenge. My sweet old dog’s health rapidly declined at the end of October and she passed away. Shanzi was the best dog I could have ever hoped to…