This one was a lot of fun! I definitely want to do more sunflower paintings. #artprocess #painting #artteacher #artist

Normally I spend more time getting an accurate drawing before diving in with the color. But flowers are forgiving subject matter and I’m feeling too restless to to the slow deliberate stuff to start so… this is what happened. I don’t hate it. #paintingprocess #blackeyedsusans

Did a quick messy flower painting because I haven’t been able to spend time in my studio for WEEKS now and I am FEELING IT. Took photos of the process because I haven’t taught an art class for MONTHS now and I’m feeling THAT too. Lots of restless energy here. 😵‍💫 #paintingprocess #coneflower #

This is your sign to go scribble with pretty colors and see what happens. #landscapes #artstudy #sketchbook

Felt the urge to do more flowers after the electric box mural. This was done on impulse and I just made it up as I went, but I enjoy looking at the final result. I only used three terrible old brushes for the whole thing, which forced me to just let my brushstrokes go wherever. It was fun working f

I really love how you can add text to photo carousels now. It feels a little bit like writing comics or picture books to me actually. Telling a story with text and words together… Or maybe I’m just weird. Well, not maybe, I’m definitely weird, but maybe other author/illustrators relate? #mandolin

I had a lot of fun with this project, I almost forgot how much I love painting BIG. It can be hard to do when space is limited but I need to find more opportunities to paint bigger projects. #schenectadyny #electricbox #mural #painterly #curiosity

Today is a day of searching for distractions. I got three wasp stings on Thursday and today they are getting really itchy. I pulled out my oil pastels as a way to occupy my brain and my hands. I still haven’t taken any classes in pastels so I’m approaching them as I would a painting, but it’s worki

Part 1 is here: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTSq7xhbR/ Technically all the pieces were assembled in part 1, but it wasn’t quite playable. So part 2 is of course fixing all the mistakes I made in part 1. In the end, I have a very playable panjo! (That’s a banjo made from a pan.) I have a couple more i

I’ve been thinking about goals and creativity differently lately, and it has been a positive shift for me. Instead of rigid goals or an exact vision, I now let curiosity take the lead and approach my interests and ambitions like an experiment. I start with what I feel I can do and see where it take