Student Grade Art Supplies

Student Grade Art Supplies

Student Grade Art Supplies Is It Worth the Savings? Some of you may have noticed that some items in art stores are labeled “student grade” art supplies. The first thing you may have noticed about them is that they are far cheaper than other similar products. Tempting, isn’t it? Especially as artists. I don’t know […]

Creativity and Clutter

Creativity and Clutter

Creativity and Clutter The Ongoing Debate The debate about whether or not creativity and clutter are beneficial to each other lives on. Most creative people I know (myself included), live with clutter to varying degrees. Some chalk up the clutter to being creative. In other words, creatives will be more cluttered by nature, whereas the […]

Christmas Commissions 2016

Christmas Commissions 2016

Christmas Commissions 2016 Portraits That Have Kept Me Busy This Season Time to unveil the Christmas commissions! Now that all the Christmas gifts have been opened, it’s safe for me to post the portraits of all the fur babies that have kept me busy for the past four or five months. Some of them have […]

Four Key Tips to Successful Resolutions

Four Key Tips to Successful Resolutions

Four Key Tips to Creating Successful Resolutions How to Avoid the Crash and Burn Creating successful resolutions doesn’t have to seem as far-fetched as Santa Claus or the Easter bunny. Making the most of your New Year’s resolutions seems to be a pointless exercise in futility. Yet, year after year, people make their resolutions for […]

New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s Resolutions Artistic Resolutions? Tis the season for family gatherings, scrumptious feasts, trees, lights, gifts, and resolutions. And in fact, talk of resolutions have already started buzzing like bees at a honey bear’s picnic. The top two resolutions over the years have consistently been weight loss and improving health. Getting finances in order has […]

Charitable Giving

Charitable Giving

Charitable Giving Giving Back by Putting Your Gifts to Use   Charitable giving can be one of the most rewarding parts of people’s lives. Those on the receiving end are grateful in ways most people can’t imagine. The real depths of the ways in which they benefit will probably never really be known by anyone […]

How To Get Creative When You Run Out of Ideas

How To Get Creative When You Run Out of Ideas

How To Get Creative When You Run Out of Ideas It’s Not Rocket Science Get creative! But how do you do that when you run out of ideas? For a creative person, it can get super frustrating when that happens. Not too long ago I wrote a post called What to Draw? What Happens When […]