Time for a Virtual Vacation

It’s almost March.  We are still shoveling snow.  It’s true, all throughout the winter season I ask for snow, and enjoy it, but it is time for a turning of the seasons. So this week, we are taking a little virtual vacation, where balmy breezes waft softly...

It’s a Bit Sketchy

Today I found simple art sketches that I would like to share. There is a blog I visit occasionally, and I am re-blogging some of his things here: gattobravo There is something very pleasing to the eye about a simple line sketch that captures a scene.  I also like the...

Wonderful Watercolors

Craig Williamson grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. He has an eclectic style, creating simple watercolor paintings, and other varied art forms, such as digital fractal art. Copenhagen, Craig Williamson Morning Off, Craig Williamson Myrtle Morning,...

800 Years of Watercolor

Imagine a typical watercolor painting at an art show.  Do you think of soft colors, a landscape, or maybe flowers? Looking back through the ages, it’s interesting to find that the history of this art medium includes use in illuminated manuscripts, drawings for...

Misty, Colorful, Intricate, Dreamlike

Rachell Sumpter  Igloo, 2009  11 x 14 Inches  , gouache and pastel on paper Rachell Sumpter  Isle, 2010  , 10.25 x 8.25 Inches  , gouache and pastel on paper Rachel Sumpter, Waterfall, 2011 These dreamlike paintings from Rachel Sumpter are inspired by the wild and...