First of all very belated Happy New Year everyone! I just realized that I never updated my blog in all holiday season craziness. Wow, better late than never, I guess, so here goes a quick round up and plans for 2018 In December I participated in Advent illustration challenge with prompts created my Shannon … Continue reading Catch up post: December 2017
Moderately busy week for me with some craziness of family commitments to look forward to for the rest of the year. I realized I was doing art courses non stop since early March, wrapping up Folio Focus this week leaves me with some time to draw freely and see where it takes me. I was … Continue reading November 6-12, 2017
I am a little bit late with my final post of October, so I am merging it with first days of November. We were away on a short break on the lovely Oregon coast. But back now and ready to catch up with everything I've missed during my mini-vacation, Let's take a quick look at … Continue reading October 23- November 5, 2017. November Plans
Wow, what a week, commitments overload and domestic troubles left me gasping for breath. Art became my "quiet place", and though it's a lot of work it also provided a sense of "normalcy" . Let's take a look: I had to skip pastel and missing it so much, like a big gaping hole in my … Continue reading September 18-24, 2017
Wow, what a week! One class finished, another began. Some art got made. Let's take a look: 1. I want to start with Make Art That Sells (my MATS adventures can be seen on instagram under the tag #greenrainartmats) because Creating Collections for Home Decor class has come to an end. We still have one more review … Continue reading September 4- September 10, 2017
April flew by even faster than March, it seems. It was busy, full of interesting assignments, challenges and new information to absorb. Lessons I learned this month all come down to one simple truth : Do not overdo it. I felt overwhelmed with all the things I took on, I hurt my wrist by not … Continue reading Goodbye April: Week 4 and May Plans
Another busy and overall productive week. I was concentrating on finishing the assignment for my MATS Bootcamp. Boy, was it a challenge. I am glad I joined the group of such talented people and watching everyone's creative process was quite an experience. I have a long way to go. In the end I came … Continue reading Fourth week of March
Very busy week, heavy with events. Let's take a look... We had a lovely tour to Terry Ludwig Studio, we were shown how pastels are made by Terry himself and his son Geoff. We are so lucky to have this wonderful pastel maker mere minutes away from our house. Children left absolutely inspired and I … Continue reading Third week of March art
Second week of March was full of artistic pursuits. Some were especially challenging. Let's take a look: As I wrote last week, I signed up for Make Art That Sells Assignment Bootcamp. We received our first mini assignement this week and it asked us to look for and draw some patterns. Now, I hardly ever do patterns, … Continue reading Second Week of March: New Challenges!
Green Rain Art 