Canadian Watercolour and Chalk Pastel Artist

Perfect day for staying inside and drawing. It's 27C, feeling like much hotter. So, here we have some seed heads: poppy and allium.... ...

Here's the poster for my upcoming (socially distancing in effect) show at the Northumberland Arts Gallery and Shop in beautiful downtown ...

Hello New Canadians! I am so happy to have the chance to make some art with you via Zoom on Thursday, June 4 from 1:30 to 2:30. Collagin...

We have another guest artist and her challenge for YOU! Meet Nancy, straight from a dairy farm in Northumberland county. And, guess wha...

Meet Charlotte, who will be turning 6 soon! Charlie, as she is sometimes called, lives in Melbourne, Australia. And, as you can tell, s...

Well folks, it's time for a different type of challenge. I learned this one when taking a sketchbook course with local artist, Simon Jen...

Last night, I couldn't sleep for a while. Usually, when I can't sleep, I just think of something nice like, "What will I make for breakfa...

Well, we've got winter outside here this morning! I thought I'd separate the lines for you today's challenge. Take some time to turn th...

We had some wonderful interpretations of our first two challenges. Today, I am making it a little different..... some curves. Again, ju...

They say if you engage in the arts, any kind of art, it has a calming effect on your brain. I've found this to be true for myself, when...

This is an exercise that I used teaching kids at a summer camp. They loved it. I think you will too. I've given you three lines, this t...

I often start my drawing workshops with this activity. Here's how it goes. Find a person who is sitting still. Could be your husband slee...

It all starts with a good drawing. I found the centre of the plate and measured out from there to the outside of the circle, many many t...

I really like clean, bright looking colours for my paintings. If you look at my paint pallet above, you will see that I cleaned it off! ...

Art is supposed to make you feel something.

I'm having so much fun working on hand-made art cards for my upcoming show in July/August at the Northumberland Arts Gallery and Shop in ...

Recently, I posted about our Wednesday night class at The Painted Tree art store. Today, I'll show you what our Monday night artists are...

.... a new chalk-pastel painting. My art students at The Painted Tree art store have been using Clairfontaine's Pastelmat paper and havin...

"Tundra" was my first hyper-realistic painting. Today, it was cut up into 9 pieces and combined with art from two of our grand-daughters...