Seeing The Color Of Shadows
Trust what you see, not what you know. Our brain takes mental shortcuts. I don't think it is possible to look and judge everything every...
March For Our Lives Chicago
Over 80,000 people came to the March For Our Lives in Chicago on March 24th. For those that cannot come to Chicago, people around their...
Expect Us.
I am a mom to two little girls in elementary school. Elizabeth Stone is quoted “Making the decision to have a child - it is momentous. It...
Copy, but don't steal
The best way to learn is to copy or imitate. You can take an artist you admire and see if you can make the same thing in the same medium...
Measuring Success
How do you measure success? Is it by money or is it by how well you did a task? Or do you compare yourself to someone else? If it is the...
Saying Yes Means Saying No Too
We all get pulled in various directions. But do you realize that when you say "yes" to an idea or event, you are also saying "no" ? Until...
Down The Rabbit Hole Or Focus
We all have been there. Something caught our interest and then we get sidetracked and then went off tangent to another idea. This can...
Accept criticism gracefully
We all get criticism daily in our lives. We can ignore it, take it to heart or learn from it. Which path do you choose? One time I was...
Don't You Mind All Those People Looking?
I was asked this question the other day. That was the question when I mentioned I paint outside. If you know me, you know I do not like...
Failure. Big Fat F
lack of success. the omission of expected or required action. As an artist and as a coder I think about failure a lot. When I first...
