Attention fatigue and nature – Daily drawing in the garden

Some activities foster renewal and alleviate “attention fatigue”. These expand and soften your attention while helping to refresh your brain

A life lesson borrowed from painting

Adopting this attitude of letting go of certain results in other areas of our lives is also beneficial! Realising that some things or circumstances can’t always be changed and that we have to work with them towards the best results that can be achieved, is necessary.

Art practice and time

Did you know that 95 % of artists struggle with time and that this struggle causes much anxiety for us? …

Chronic stress and the brain- Tools to cope

Who remembers the anti-drug commercial where they stated: “This is your brain”, showing us an egg, then “This is your …

Daily painting and Children Quotes

Here are more daily paintings of children. These are all 5 X 7 inches and watercolour on paper. And here …

Dancing in Puddles – Here comes Spring!

I am soooo happy it is here! Spring with its renewal and energy! I took my granddaughter to play in …

Happy Holidays – Two weeks of Christmas Cheer drawings and gratefulness

As we are celebrating Christmas this year in a very different way, I feel gratefulness should come to the forefront …

A brand new you through cell renewal – Daily drawings- Week 43

Here are the paintings for the forty-third week of daily sketching as I am continuing that month of abstracts. These …

Gone for now but not forever gone – Daily drawings- Week 42

Writers and visual artists draw ideas and inspiration from what they observe around them or from journeying with introspection into …

Varnishing your work – Daily drawings- Week 41

This past month, I have had some questions regarding finishing and varnishing of oil paintings. So I thought I would …