Hoping your Summer has been joyful in a thousand ways! I’ve loved hearing from you about filling up your sketchbooks, tending your gardens, and traveling to see your loved ones. YES, that is exactly what I have been doing too. Besides visiting my family in Pennsylvania and Paris, I’ve been painting and doing calligraphy too. …
Wake up your creative side with two NEW & FRESH art workshops! Both are being held in the spacious workshop room at Curate Mercantile AND all supplies will be provided for you. Just bring your inner artist and maybe a few friends!
Learn to Paint Watercolor Botanicals
Learn how to use watercolors to create flowers and leaves, bring home a finished project
Saturday, August 21, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Modern Calligraphy
Learn the basics of brush pen calligraphy and transform your lettering from blah to beautiful!
Saturday, September 18, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Looking for Creativity?
Oh I HOPE you are healthy and hanging in there! We haven’t painted together in months, and that’s far too long. If you’re like me, I’m energized by making art and sluggish when I’m not. Besides that, it’s a boost to create together, feeling that liveliness that fuels us. I can help you jumpstart your …
Watercolor Lilies Demo
Join me as I lead you through the process of painting these vibrant Oriental Lilies. The reference photo we’re using today is my own from years ago when we were living back east. Reference Photo Sketching the Lily Let’s start with a sketch of these big shapes. Either you can sketch the positive flower shapes …
Creating & Connecting
I believe everybody is creative! They may not realize it because they haven’t had a chance to nurture their creativity. Often there is talent brewing inside someone, and they just need a chance to tap into it. That description used to apply to me until I tapped into my curiosities about watercolor painting and calligraphy. …
Back to School!
Summer has been full of wide open spaces on the calendar, with less routine and more freedoms. It was joyful to be spontaneous when the weather was pleasant to sketch with a friend at Hudson Gardens and Chatfield Farms. Then in July I joined friends in Crested Butte to hike, picnic, and witness the miles …
Explore your creative side
“A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.” ~ Sydney Smith Talent is within each one of us in one form or another. Whether we allow it to bloom or whither away is up to us. An artist may not have enough courage to grow their creativity …
