...are very hard to draw! I have always loved Jacobean designs, since way before I even knew what they were called. I still remember the first time I heard the term. I was wearing a skirt with a flowery pattern and someone complimented it, saying, "That's very Jacobean". Not wanting to admit my ignorance of …
Have you ever seen a numbat? Neither have I, but I'm getting pretty good at Googling "Animals that start with...", and for the letter N, I found numbat. You might think it would be some kind of bat, but it looks pretty much like what you see here. (I will say that it's kind of …
No, I haven't given up on watercolors! You just haven't seen any here for awhile because I've been into other things... But a few weeks ago I participated in an "art swap" from The Art Colony site. When you do an art swap, different people sign up to make either artist trading cards (ATCs) or …
It's time for an update on my ABC Animals art journal! I am now all the way up to the Letter "I". In case you haven't seen my original ABC Animals post, here are the letters I had finished at that time. ("Dolphin" wasn't actually finished then, but now it is.) I always like to …
I seriously have way too many craft books and supplies. Wait, is that even possible? Nah... It dawned on me recently that I have enough craft books, craft supplies, and unfinished projects to last the average person a lifetime. I have enough ideas floating around in my head to last another. Ah, yes...so many crafts, …
Who doesn't love paisleys? (Don't raise your hand, I already know some of you don't!) But whether it's from growing up during the 60s and 70s, or just because paisleys are so "artsy-looking", they have always been one of my favorite motifs. These are two "Vera Bradley" pencil boxes I bought, just for the designs …
Peacocks in art have always fascinated me. So it was natural that a couple of years ago I would go through a "peacock phase". Here are some pictures from that endeavor. Awhile back I made up a notebook where I kept clip art of things I wanted to eventually try drawing. These peacocks were actually supposed to …
Nana's Whimsical World 