If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
Drawing landscapes and trees is challenging for me. I get caught up in the details and wind up with weird results. I've known for a while that I need to simplify my approach, but I haven't been able to figure out how. Then I stumbled across Stephen Travers Art, a YouTube channel with brilliant drawing... Continue Reading →
Last week I was a lucky winner. Mine was one of the three names picked at random from a list of 1033 comments on Luise Heinzl's Dephemerember video for December 25th. I won the fourth artist's trading card (ATC) she made during that video! My astonishment and joy have been quickly replaced by so many... Continue Reading →
I know 2022 is behind us and that it's all new-year-resolutions-that-you-won't-actually-follow-through-on right now, but I have to plug a series of YouTube videos from December. Crafters Luise Heinzl (Junk Journal Art) and Barbara (49dragonflies) did a daily series for twenty-five days in December 2022 called Dephemerember in which they made "ephemera" for their junk/art journals.... Continue Reading →
I've been sick. A lot. Unable-to-sit-up-and-craft sick. So I've been indulging in vicarious crafting, watching others create on YouTube. Grateful for this wonderful resource, I've decided to post about some of the amazing channels I've discovered. Today I want to tell you why you should check out Craftastrophe. Craftastrophe (aka Cajun Craftastrophe) is a crafting... Continue Reading →
When I saw this video, I was immediately reminded of my brain chain from last week and a book I made a few years ago. By drawing on folded paper, Clym Evernden makes sketch after sketch, keeping part of the last drawing to use in the next one. A great exercise for discovering visual connections... Continue Reading →
