I’m not usually a painter, though I love the medium, admire great painting, and can’t help dabbling now and then. You wouldn’t think advice for painters would help me that much to nurture my whole creative self. But then I saw this post at JanasJournal.com: Is Your Style a Mistake? How to Find Your Style…
Category: Arts and Crafts
Artwork and handcrafts, from other sources as well as Barbara’s own work.
How blueberries get there?
“Hanging Blueberries” Copyright © 2008 Barbara W. Klaser 5 x 7 inches watercolor, color pencil, pen and ink
Prayer beads II
When I wrote my first post about prayer beads (see Prayer Beads I), almost three years ago, I considered buying a ready-made strand or a kit. I started out wanting sandalwood beads, but my budget was constrained, and it wasn’t as if my prayer beads were a necessity. So I made my own Then I…
More art blogs and websites
I’ve found more fantastic art journal blogs, ninajohansson.se, and Laurelines Drawings and Paintings. Links courtesy of Jana’s Journal and Sketch Blog. Laurelines also recently posted links to other Must-Read Art Blogs for 2008.
Art journal blogs — new links
I’m adding art journal blogs to my blog list as I find ones that I can’t live without visiting regularly. My two newest links are to Jana’s Journal and Sketch Blog, and Princess Haiku (who visited me and commented a while back, leading me to watch her intriguing blog for a while). I hope you…
Drifting between big projects
I’m finally shopping my novel around, so I have more time to take care of the rest of my life. There’s something about a book-length writing project that shuts out too much else from the range of my attention, so I’ve decided that unless I sell this novel it’s going to be smaller creative projects…
Growth
“Be the change that you want to see in the world.” — Mahatma Ghandi Growth 9 x 12 watercolor collage (click on image for larger view) This painting’s background sat in my file cabinet for over a year, a cast aside experiment. I reworked it a little, adding bits of blue, and I nearly threw…
Naturally colored organic cotton and Sally Vreseis Fox
In a world where artificial and chemically processed is too often valued over natural, it’s important for those of us who understand the difference to celebrate the heroes of biodiversity and environmentally friendly products.