30 Paints in 30 Days Strada Easel Challenge

I’m very motivated to participate in the Strada Easel challenge 30 Paints in 30 Days. So far, I haven’t missed any day. I love the Strada Easels and hope to win one. There are many other artists also participating with beautiful paintings. Painting every...

Ecuador: A Place to Enjoy

I had the great opportunity to travel to Ecuador with my family. Ecuador is in the middle of the world and exhibits a complexity of fauna and flora. Also, its weather is very diverse from the warm areas of the coast to the spring like temperatures in the mountains and...

Mother”s Day Gifts…Paintstiks

I had a wonderful time with my family and also got great gifts from them. They know that I prefer my art supplies than anything else. For some time I wanted to experiment with the Paintstiks. These look like oversized crayons but they are oil paints. I can’t...

Color Vocabulary

I was thinking about the many words that I read and know about color. I put together some of them to remember their meaning for future reference: HUE: This is just another word for color COLOR WHEEL: A  chart that organices colors/hues around a circle. It shows the...
CalligraFaire Second Day

CalligraFaire Second Day

This is another sunny day in Florida. I’m in my second day of the calligraphy Fair. I enjoyed the ink making class using acorns. Great books and materials:     I finished my day with a Surf and Turf Hamburger (hamburger topped with crab meat) from this...