How to Paint a Monarch Butterfly with Acrylics
I love butterflies. The monarch butterfly is the butterfly that migrates like birds do. They are large and brighten our backyards here in the Midwest in the summer. Planting milkweed attracts them to your spots. Come paint a butterfly with me. Supply List for Monarch Butterfly 10”x10”x1.5” Artists Loft Canvas Filbert Brush-10 Round Brush- Size 1 Flat “Shader” Brush- Size 2------- I used Golden...
Music and Rhythm in Paintings
Do you see colors when you hear music- or hear music when you look at art? If you do, you are in good company: About 4% of the population is estimated to have some form of Synesthesia This is a condition that could be described as "wires crossing"- meaning that you hear musical notes when you see colors, smell a certain scent or have a specific taste in your mouth corresponding with a certain...
Hummingbird Magic
What is your magical moment with Hummingbird? My one-on-one experience happened in Arizona, but before that I had been ‘dive-bombed’ a couple of times by hummingbirds; in the mountains in Colorado, later in the desert preserves of Arizona. But this was different. We had moved into a townhouse with a dead and depleted backyard and had managed to save a stamp-size patch of grass by steady...
Colors Don’t Match- They Play
I confess: I enjoy slow mornings! I always was more of a night owl than an early bird- and who wants worms anyway?- not an enticing expression! And sometimes, these slow mornings even come with insights. Like today where I after my second cup of coffee looked out and noticed, Really noticed the flowers in the backyard: I was struck by how these flowers in all their beautiful shades and hues...
Spring is here
Intuitive Doodling
Shamanic Doodle I love how I don't need to 'think' a picture into existence when I am doodling. From no plan comes a ton of comments on reality and it's connectedness to non-ordinary reality. Looking at the doodle I see Reality as represented by the frame, the narrow definition of what we are in 3D existence. There is even a curtain, a blind we can roll down and only see what we want in...
