The Mind at Play.

DecoArt Decoupage (faux leather) by gail I have a good idea once in awhile...but Gang you have to check out THIS Decou-Page Idea!! AWESOME ...

I am sooo stuck on this stuff.. I love using paper for textured backgrounds, but have constantly fought the problem of the paper lifting ,...

Ink... yep ...Ink.. Who would have thought that there were so many kinds of ink?? I am well versed in India Ink, even acrylic ink.. I do a l...

 I have been a little slow in posting of late, I am still catching up.. and the hurrier I go the Behinder I get!!! I have had a few more re...

I know I haven't posted for quite a while. First I was away teaching and then I was out of commision for a bit.. but I am back and read...

No I am not refering to Spirits.. or the evils of Liqour.. I am referring to the influences that everything around us has on our work. Every...

Doreen Bathurst was the first to respond to the Challenge!! Here is her piece and her own words regarding the challenge! Hi Tracy, What ...

I don't think that there is anyone with a love the arts that has not heard that name... Michealangelo. Perhaps one of the most famous na...

Colour theory .. we learn the basics in kindergarten... Red and blue make purple, yellow and red make orange.. you get it. As we get older ...

I don't do pink..I don't wear pink, I don't paint pink,. friends and associates have heard me say this.. a few GET IT..Though  P...

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère , 1882 Édouard Manet was born in Paris on 23 January 1832, to an affluent and well connected family. His mo...

Ok time to fess up... Like every other  painter out there.. I watch the stands at the local book store for that new Issue of Paintworks. It...

The Quick Tutorial I posted today was in response to a "How do you  do that?"   Do you have a "how do you do that"???  I...

I talk alot about different kinds of texture... tactile or visual. Creating the illusion of texture, or movement within a painting, can be q...

Scrapbook Paper For me it's alll about the background...I gotta build something great to paint on!! Everyone knows that I love textur...

I live in a tiny village in southwestern New Brunswick... It,s snowing.....again. We are accustomed to a lot of snow over the course of the ...

This painting inspires an emotional response, an intense one. You can nearly feel the drowsey warmth of the sun, the lazy gentle summer bree...

You meet all kinds of people while at CHA in LA... I have met movie stars, TV hosts, Musicians... but I have to say that one of the Most Mem...

In recent years there has been a noticable decline in the number of people painting. Some blame the Big Boxes for the disappearance of the s...

I got a face lift ... well not ME personally but the packaging on my Stencils Did!!  A little name change too.. Stencil # TS04 They are...