This post is the last post in the series.   Thank you for traveling along with me. I'm excited to end 31 Days of Art by re...

Hackable.   The term "hackable" shows up in so many places now.  It used to mean that computer geeks could break into sites b...

Have you ever been in a creative funk?     If you haven't, you will.  In one of my online groups we were discussing this recently.   S...

I'm organizing the instructions and pattern pieces for my e-book   Making an Izannah Walker Inspired Doll .   I will be releasing...

When people in real life ask me what I do for artwork I've stopped saying "I make art dolls" and say, "I make art ins...

The Painted House   wrote a great post on  Tips for Painting With Children .   So go there.  She's done such a wonderful job writing ...

“Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it  even if you wanted to.  It will stick with you  and s how u...

Milton Avery, 1944, Autumn Dead artists don't send cease and desist letters.   So if you want to copy another's work to lear...

So Tomato Boy is taking shape.  He is a smaller canvas.   It's obviously still wet. I used the Golden Open Acrylics and I'm star...

I finally broke open the Golden Open Acrylics and painted on the abstract panel.  I decided it needed more definition and went with a mo...

Is sharing dirty dishes the same as airing dirty laundry? The color and forms are kind of pretty.   Especially if you squint. ...

I made no art today.  Unless comforting a child who has lost an important person from their life is art.  Unless folding a favorite shirt s...

Tonight, after the kids are in bed, before I take the dog out for the last time, I will watch TV and paint at the same time .   Preferab...

Remember Tomato Boy?   I need to change some things on this painting. Instead of slogging away for hours with paint, at this point I p...

After I worked on Tomato Boy I had a lot of paint left on my palette.  Since the paint would have dried on the palette anyway I used ...

All the same painting panel... which started with a brown gesso base. And now...Tomato Boy in process. This is the f...

Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo . I replaced the original Youtube video  showing Ira Glass with the transci...

   While I don't take commissions I DO take suggestions.  The girl above is a suggestion.  She still has a long way to go.  Someone ...