Sometimes it still amazes me that I’m actually doing this.  I spent so much of my life searching for that thing, that thing that I was supposed to be doing with my life.  It brings tears to my eyes to know that I’ve found it.  That this is what I’m doing. I found a journal entry from a couple of years ago, telling myself to “beware of waking the creative dragon”.  It was when I was just starting to try to draw in »

I’ve just returned from my last art class of the year, and as luck would have it, I also finished the painting I’ve been working on this session. All week I’ve been trying to decide whether or not I’m going to sign up for the next session. In fact, I’ve actually skipped the last two weeks of class. Sometimes I just get tired of working with photos, especially when I’ve got stacks of painting ideas at home that I’d »

I am so excited and thrilled about this. I finally finished putting my little book together!! I started doing the drawings last summer, and being the “Ugh, computers” girl that I am, it took me a long time to get around to scanning in all the pictures and setting up the book. I used blurb.com to do the layout and get the printing. I think what makes me so happy about this is that I’m totally one of those people who says “I »

I spent this afternoon sitting at the window in my art room just giggling with total glee as the rain poured down, poured and poured and kept pouring. I was safe and sound wrapped in my comfy pjs and drinking hot tea. Full on rainy days are a complete rarity here in Arizona, so I felt the need to take advantage of it. When I woke up at 8am and saw that it was still dark outside, I knew it was time to call in “rainy”. Truly, the best Monday »