My Favourite Art Supplies: A Camera Brand You Can Trust

 Canon EOS Rebel T6 DSLR: The Review: My first DSLR camera was the EOS Rebel T3. It takes nice pictures but was hard to master the shutter speeds and the time delay from flash to shot. I found it wasn’t the best for portraits or close ups on the artwork, as the focus was hard … Continue reading My Favourite Art Supplies: A Camera Brand You Can Trust

My Favourite Art Supplies: My Favourite Laptop for Creativity and More

Apple MacBook Pro 15.4" Laptop: The Review: As the commercial says, I’m a Mac, not a PC. It’s a matter of choice and I choose the plug-and-play simplicity of a Mac. I can’t say I have ever had any major frustrations with my Macs, as I had when I was on PCs. Personally, I couldn’t … Continue reading My Favourite Art Supplies: My Favourite Laptop for Creativity and More

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #18: Lovers – The Chase

Lovers - The Chase:  The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. I made many such drawings of lovers... together, apart, and everything in between... These are purely gestural. I saw the movement in my mind and tried to put that on paper. I was using them as decorative elements … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #18: Lovers – The Chase

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #17: Loneliness

Loneliness: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. I'm really not sure what bizarre combination of images I found to draw this ... I have a feeling I can't shake that I've seen this image before, possibly that it’s a copy of another artists work, I just can’t recall … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #17: Loneliness

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #16: Paramecium and Friend

Paramecium and Friend: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. The title says it all! Don't you think? I was feeling particularly silly and rebellious. Tired of getting bland feedback for my work. The worst comment that got me at that time was: “hmmm... interesting.” What could anyone say … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #16: Paramecium and Friend

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #15: George! Martha!

George! Martha! The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. A complete abstraction of a silly thought... I hear a Mel Blanc voice calling out George!!! and one calling back Martha!!! I was watching lots of Bugs Bunny cartoons with my daughter at this time and it filled my head … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #15: George! Martha!

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #14: A Study of Self as a Bugs Bunny Villain

A Study of Self as a Bugs Bunny Villain:  The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Remember the episode, I believe called Hocus Pocus... the Merlin character was a little like this…there’s also similar characters blended into this image: from Wanda the Witch to some we see in ten … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #14: A Study of Self as a Bugs Bunny Villain

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #13: Self-Portrait As A Hitman

Self-Portrait as a hitman:  The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. It was mid-summer and I had a need to look cool… well this is what I told myself following finding an old box of photos and how ridiculous I looked with all my wacky shades and Hawaiian shirts. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #13: Self-Portrait As A Hitman

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #12: Strange Friends #2

Strange Friends #2:  The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Similar to Strange Friends #1, where I was rediscovering Jean-Michel Basquiat and finding the  very strange sources for his paintings. I allowed myself to let go and let the ton of images in my head blend together. I had … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #12: Strange Friends #2

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #11: Strange Friends #1

Strange Friends #1:  The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. At a period where I was rediscovering Jean-Michel Basquiat and finding remarkable similarities to some very strange sources for his paintings. I allowed myself to let go and let the ton of images in my head blend together. I … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #11: Strange Friends #1