From bird watching to people watching

From bird watching to people watching

I did some Watercolor studies at the beach in Florida last week. I used my mini home made palette…shown in the last post and a micron pen. My friend Carol was a willing participant (model). Thanks Carol. These are fun to do! Practice! Practice!...
Plein Air Painting in Florida

Plein Air Painting in Florida

I brought a fun little home made plein air kit to my trip to Florida this week. Marge lives in Lakeworth Fla. near West Palm Beach. I decided to do a few sketches of my friends today while hanging out at the pool. Good practice for me. With the good weather settling...
Gelli Plate fun

Gelli Plate fun

I am having so much fun with my gelli plate. If you like to do collage and mixed media work you will love how the prints you make on the gelli plate will inspire your work. I just discovered you can buy theses plates at your local Arts & Crafts stores or online at...
Tips on how to use the Picmonkey Collage feature.

Tips on how to use the Picmonkey Collage feature.

Have you ever used picmonkeys free service to make a collage? It is super easy to use. Just go to the Picmonkey site and pic Collage Maker. This will bring you to the Collage Maker page where you will need to pic the, make a collage button, again. This will bring you...
Paper Whites beat the Winter “Blues”

Paper Whites beat the Winter “Blues”

Nothing like some beautiful white flowers to cheer up a cold and blustery winter day. My friend Marge gave me these for Christmas. They came in a small box disquised as funny looking little brown bulbs. They were easy to grow. Check out my posts on Facebook page and...