the big MINI ART MARATHON {Days 20 & 21}

Good new and bad news. I still have not gotten my mini-canvases s0 I called the company I bought them from and they never shipped. They had one item on back-order, never told me, and held the whole order. So it looks like I might be getting the canvases right at about...
Cards To Share Your Love

Cards To Share Your Love

I’ll admit, I hadn’t really thought that much about making art for holidays. I mean, I do get in the festive mood around Christmas and it usually rubs off into my work, but when I created my most recent pieces I didn’t have Valentine’s Day in...
the big MINI ART MARATHON {Days 18 & 19}

the big MINI ART MARATHON {Days 18 & 19}

Happy Martin Luther King Day everyone! Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my top five heros, and I love hearing his I have a Dream speech playing on the radios during the month of January. He is a reminder that you can accomplish great things and change paradigms by...

the big MINI ART MARATHON {Days 14 & 15}

I can’t believe it’s already half-way through my mini art marathon, and thus January! In fact, my birthday is in about a week on the 22nd, and it completely snuck up on me! I don’t really have any plans for my birthday, so maybe you can offer me some...
the big MINI ART MARATHON {Day 13}

the big MINI ART MARATHON {Day 13}

All of my hot-air balloon mini-paintings sold out! That’s pretty exciting. I figured they must be a hit, so I’ll paint some more. Here’s another blue and orange mini, with a bit lighter colors than last time and some puffy clouds in the sky....
the big MINI ART MARATHON {Days 10 & 11}

the big MINI ART MARATHON {Days 10 & 11}

  Have you ever dreamed of a painting or creation in your sleep? That’s what happened to me the other night. I actually dreamed of quite a few paintings, but these two were the most vivid when I woke up. That’s really the first time I have taken my...
the big MINI ART MARATHON {Days 8 & 9}

the big MINI ART MARATHON {Days 8 & 9}

Today I though long and hard about the colors I wanted to use and I’m so happy with the results. I’ve been feeling like none of my colors are really consistent, so I want to focus more on finding a palette to stick with for the most part. I think it will...
the big MINI ART MARATHON {Day 7}

the big MINI ART MARATHON {Day 7}

One of the biggest reasons I created the big MINI Art Marathon for myself was so that I could experiment with techniques and ideas to better refine my own personal artistic style. I feel like I am all over the board, but much of that has to do with this exploratory...