This hand painted calendar is coming to you live and direct on October 3rd. So I suppose my number one goal for the month should be… punctuality? PRINTABLE OCTOBER CALENDAR Materials used: Two leaves, 8 x 10 Gelli Plate (for mono-printing — such a…
Art and Creativity
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August goals + a printable calendar
Current mysteries of my life: How did I get poison ivy on both feet and between all of my toes? What is the point of a shirt that looks like a decent bum-covering tunic, but then has slits on both sides that go all the way…
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What I made | 007: Gouache edition
What I made | 007 sounds so… James Bond. I assure you what follows is less secret agent and more… lady making a mess on her coffee table. I’ve been completely swept up in Mary Ann Moss’ Oh My Gouache class and have been using gouache in…
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What I made | 006
It’s been ages since I’ve shared what I made. Grace and I spend plenty of time drawing things like “Dad with a stroller” and “Dad with shoes” and “Grace in a bed” and “Grace in a different bed” and “Baby Nick with a shoe” and…
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June goals + a printable calendar
June already?! Oh buoy… (Sorry. No restraint.) And apparently I cannot paint numbers in a straight line. Let’s just pretend I painted this aboard a wobbly sailboat. Or something. JUNE GOALS + A PRINTABLE CALENDAR Materials used: Canson watercolor paper, Winsor and Newton professional…
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Don’t quit before the miracle | Midweek motivation
Because your Monday motivational pep talk (…to yourself) may have worn off, here’s a bit of mid-week motivation. Don’t quit before the miracle. Don’t quit before the miracle. Keep working. Keep praying. Keep reaching. Keep remembering to pack snacks. And six changes of clothes. Just…
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Today: May goals + a printable calendar
This May calendar is coming to you a day late (sorry)… but it doesn’t matter if you’re a dollar short. Because you can download it for free. Or whatever. If you’re down with the whole coloring book craze, this one’s for you. And if you…
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Today: Running + Purple Rain.
You know you’ve been listening to more Prince than usual when your two-year-old starts singing “Purple Rain” to her Fisher Price farm animals. It’s making me alternately very happy and a bit depressed. Materials used: Golden fluid acrylics (Dioxazine Purple), Handmade Modern acrylic paint (lavender,…
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Today: April goals (and a printable calendar).
I didn’t feel like painting April showers, so I skipped right to the May flowers. Hope you don’t mind. April goals (and a printable calendar) Materials used: Winsor + Newton professional watercolors and gouache; round brushes (4 and 8), liner brush (0); super-inexpensive mixed media…