The Cat Who Loves Art Class

my cat’s name is Hobbes. when the kids come to my studio for classes, in walks Hobbes. Hobbes finally got to make his own painting. it is at the end of the series of Hobbes in art classes. (poor quality images taken via iPhone in low light)

the Dreidel collection…

this collection belongs to a friend of mine. I’ve wanted to photograph it for years. I wish i had done the collection justice. wrong lens, low light. after seeing her collection…some are from Israel others from Ireland. the are gifted one each Chanukah for a wonderful grandmother. i started my own collection, mine are not…

2me4art project!

1. Watercolor paper. color a big swirl on one half of paper, using one color of OIL PASTEL. other side of paper, use another color & make another swirl in OIL PASTEL. i picked orange & purple. 2. paint– with WATERCOLOR paint, the colors that are closest to the OIL PASTEL color…i painted my purple…

make a flower statement for pennies

looking out my windows during an Alabama winter is damn ugly. This is much better. $3 for a bunch of carnations put into tiny vases & placing them on windowsills make Winter far more tolerable.

how to keep your heating bills LOWER this winter

I’ve posted about this before. I hate opening my heating bill & seeing most of my money disappear. I spend a great deal of time in my art studio, most of us spend most of our time in one room. If that one room has no fireplace. Make a portable one. I went to the…