My Creativity Blog

Painting with watercolors has always been my passion. Here are the top ten reasons I love to paint with watercolors. Remember, I limited myself to ten. This list could have gone on and on. Let’s do the list David Letterman style. 10.  Watercolors work well with other media. 9.  Can be painted on numerous surfaces. [...]

Last week I started making a list of watercolor societies in the United States. I thought a list would be helpful to watercolorists looking for art exhibitions, workshops, or information. I had no idea that there were so many. My list got longer and longer. Many states had more than one society. Some states had [...]

There is something I didn’t mention before about my one woman show at Texas A & M University.  The day of the reception and lecture, August 1, 1989,  Hurricane Chantal hit the coast of Texas.  The storm made its pathway through College Station and Bryan. As the day progressed, the weather got worse.  I was [...]

With my move from Hawaii to Oregon, looking for a place to live and not having my things yet;  my schedule has gotten a little crazy. So, my posting format is off somewhat. I hope my readers will have patience with me as I get back in the swing of things.  I hope to follow [...]

If you are a watercolorist and want to try a new painting surface, Claybord might be just the thing for you.  I discovered Claybord a few years ago when I went to a workshop taught by my friend, nationally known artist Karen Vernon. You may be wondering what Claybord is.  Claybord is a painting surface [...]

I have gone to numerous watercolor workshops. Some were taught by nationally known watercolorists and some were taught by local artists. The amount learned had nothing to do with how well-known the artist was. The first few workshops I went to I was so in awe of the teaching artist’s work, and so extremely excited [...]

Watercolor is my favorite medium, but it didn’t happen overnight. It took a while. When I was in high school I painted my first watercolor for a 4-H competition. I mentioned the art contest to my grandmother and the next thing I knew I was sitting at Grandma’s kitchen table using her watercolor supplies.  I [...]