Review Catching Up (Various)

Julia's Kitchen Wisdom by Julia Child Subtitle: Essential Techniques and Recipes From a Lifetime of Cooking Stars: **** This little volu...

Amy Ruppel's photo documentary of travels abroad

Portland favorite Amy Ruppel is best known for her paintings of birds and other cute woodland creatures.  In the past couple of years, you m...

Affordable Art Finds, Week Two

I'm in week two of my Affordable Art Finds series, and I'm already finding it to be quite challenging.  My task- to find original a...

New gadgets in sidebar

Just wanted to let readers know that there are a few new things in the sidebar-  1. FOLLOWERS. Would love to know who's reading the blog...

Sketchbooks made with pollution-free, renewable energy

Wind is a clean, renewable, and abundant form of energy.  So when I saw Strathmore's Windpower Series at a local art store,  I didn...

Creating art with doilies

With old-time crafts like embroidery and crocheting becoming all the rage right now, I'm not surprised to see doilies making an entrance...

Like a relationship, creating art takes commitment

Creating a new art piece is like starting a new relationship.  At first, it's really exciting, and the outlook is positive.  Then, the c...