• Adventures,  Waterfall Wednesday

    Waterfall Wednesday: Pratt’s Falls

    Pratt's Falls Waterfall Wednesday blog cover

    Mad Scientist, 19×25 pastel on black pastel paper, 2013 Happy Halloween!  It felt like since it is Halloween I should start out with some art that I’ve done that could be considered spooky just for fun.  These are two pieces that I thought would fit that theme.   Mad Scientist is one…

  • About Artist,  Fun Fact Friday

    Fun Fact Friday: The Etruscans and Portraits

    Fun Fact Friday graphic - Etruscans were one of the first civilizations to use True Portraiture (capturing the image and character of a specific person instead of generic figures).

    I’m still talking about the Etruscans (they are my favorite ancient civilization after all).  And this might just be the thing I find most interesting about them! The Etruscans broke away from the generic style of drawing portraits used by the Egyptians and Greeks and began portraying individualized detail of…

  • Art Supplies

    June SketchBox

    So excited about my SketchBox this month!  Let me tell you why… First, let’s recap for anyone who missed my January SketchBox post (see it here).  For Christmas this year, I received a subscription SketchBox from my awesome best friend.  For those of you that are not familiar with what…

  • About Artist,  Art Event

    Three Years Ago Today…

    Have you ever had those moments that you look back on and think, “That was the day that might have changed everything”?  I guess there’s a lot of different points in my life that I could pinpoint to say that they were pivotal in some important way, however the one…