How Time Flies!

We say it often.  Time flies.  As I restart my art career after fifteen years of ministry I look back at my “first generation art” with memories of that time.  My little girl enriched my life in so many ways.  Now she is all grown up.  In many ways her upbringing helped form the pathContinue reading “How Time Flies!”

A Whole Lot of Art Going On

I’m looking forward to the joy of teaching art in our community!  This class will be on Monday mornings at the Rohner Recreation Hall at Rohner Park in Fortuna, California.  We will be exploring how to paint pictures of a world filled with glorious color and light by using acrylics on canvas.  Sign ups areContinue reading “A Whole Lot of Art Going On”

A Limited Palette Part 4 – My Favorites

  We live in a world filled with color and light.  All the marvelous colors in the world can be mixed by using a limited palette. It is important to make the distinction that when I refer to a limited palette I am using colored paint that, used  together, can be mixed to create the whole spectrumContinue reading “A Limited Palette Part 4 – My Favorites”

A Limited Color Palette – Part 3 – The “Ish”

Learning and understanding color is made simple by the “ish.”  Even my four-year-old granddaughter understands the concept.  We learn to evaluate and describe any color by  voicing it’s ingredients in order from greatest to least – and then add the ish.  What is that color the army uses so frequently?  Oh, it’s greenish-yellowish-reddish.  Mix thoseContinue reading “A Limited Color Palette – Part 3 – The “Ish””