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MoBA

Yucky Village
Do you ever feel like your artwork is bad? That it wasn’t worth the paper you put it on? Can’t get accepted into MoMA?
Find out for sure. Submit your stinky artwork to the Museum of Bad Art and see if it’s accepted. If the MoBA rejects your piece, your artwork just isn’t bad enough. […]

My Two Cents

Black Eyed Susans
Inks, 10×7
The U.S. Post Office wants my two cents. Don’t laugh, they want yours, too. As of today, postage for a first class letter increases from $0.39 to $0.41.
Of course, I have an almost brand new roll (Qty: 100) of 39 cent stamps.
The sketchbook flowers are from the May 11th WDE at WetCanvas. […]

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day

Mom’s Geranium
Inks, 10×7

When I was little, we had geraniums in a narrow garden under the living room window. I don’t know how geraniums grow in California, but these are for you, Mom. Happy Mother’s Day.

Let’s Play Tag

Lighthouse II
Inks, 10 x 7
You remember how to play tag, don’t you? One person gets to be IT, and then tries to catch someone else so that they become IT. Don’t worry, you don’t have to get up and run around to play. *grin* Guess who got to be IT today?
How to Play: If tagged, […]

Rate Your Sketchbook

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Most artists keep some type of sketchbook, whether it’s for drawing or just jotting down ideas. But like any tool, if it doesn’t fit right or feel good to use, how often will you use it? Finding that perfect fit for your drawing needs can be […]

Choose Your Weapon

Are you a sketcher? Do you have a favorite tool, or drawing weapon as I like to call them? I love my mechanical pencil, but it isn’t the best tool for drawing in my current sketchbook. It has a tendency to smear even after a fixative is applied, and a better range of values […]

Piet Pot

I’ll bet you thought I meant peat pot, didn’t you? No siree! I’ve attempted to paint this flower pot in the spirit of Piet Mondrian.
Mondrian was an abstract painter from the Netherlands. He’s probably best known for his compositions using primary colors separated by horizontal or vertical lines, and large areas of white […]

Monday Murmurs

Happy Monday, readers. Daisy was right when she reported that I was working on a book review, but before it’s posted the site will be going through another overhaul. I don’t want to rely on the blog application to manage the book reviews, and I don’t need two “about” pages. Those will be moving […]

Daisy Speaks

Hi everybody! It’s me, Daisy Dog logging in from Mom’s computer. I got a bath today, and she’s cleaning up the bathroom. Oh, I smell soooo good!
After my bath, we went outside. It was such a nice day Mom brought her camera outside too. She let me watch while she took some pictures.
These grow in […]

Happy Birthday, Mom

Happy Birthday, Mom

If you were born in the merry month of May, your birth flower is the Lily-of-the-Valley and your birthstone is the emerald.
If you were born May 1st, you share a birthday with singer Harry Belafonte, Pulitzer Prize winning composer Leo Sowerby from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and George Inness, a famous American landscape […]