What are nature spots, you ask? They’re spots of color to mark your observations while out in nature. Be it a flower, butterfly, amazing rock formation or magnificent mountain, nature spots are a great way to document a subject without Read more…
I had so many requests for info on the little palette I’m using for the Nature Spot Challenge — so here you go! Colors are: DS = Daniel Smith, WN = Winsor and Newton Just let me know if you Read more…
I had several questions about what papers to use for the Nature Spots Challenge so I thought I’d write up a quick blog post. See this post for full details on the Nature Spots Challenge, starting January 1st! Hope you’ll Read more…
I’d like to invite you to join me for the first-ever Nature Spots Challenge! It’s super simple to play along: just get outside and do a nature spot a day in January. If you’re on Instagram, please tag your post Read more…
Choosing paints to put on your palette is very personal — it depends on where you live, what you like to paint, how much you enjoy color mixing, and more. Someone who does botanical art will have a very different Read more…
Come join me and Maria from Art Toolkit for a live demo on Tuesday, December 6th at 1pm Pacific to create colorful cards for the holidays! The demo will be HERE on YouTube and we’ll save the recording so you Read more…
Tips and tricks on how I keep the pans for my Art Toolkit palettes organized.
I’ve been wanting to start a perpetual journal for a while now and I finally dove in! I wanted to do a quick writeup since several friends have asked me about it. First off, what is a perpetual journal, you Read more…
I love tinkering with my palette and switching it up for the seasons. I put together this fall/winter version in my Art Toolkit Folio so that I could play with lots of reds, oranges and yellows plus have some moody Read more…
I just finished up my Laws Sketchbook for Nature Journaling and thought I’d post a review. (Find it HERE in Jack’s shop.) For those who haven’t heard of him, John Muir “Jack” Laws is one of my heroes — I Read more…