Improve your landscape art with these tips from Johannes Vloothuis. Today he discusses shape so that you can master drawing trees.

Scrappy blue and cream plus blocks.

?Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.? Can you believe that The Princess Bride is thirty years old this year? To celebrate the milestone, it?s sh…

A blog with DIY tutorials, graphic design resources, and inspiration from graphic designer Jessica Jones.

Blooms And Bugs: Flower girl and birthday dresses and accessories for little girls

Jay Miriam is a figurative painter and genius

After some legal wrangling, a letter from Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac will be offered at auction.

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These leaf bowls are great crafts ? from earth clay fired in a kiln to oven bake to air dry ? for kids and, really, anyone who thinks leaf motifs are pretty awesome. A fired ceramic pie…

I love Poe, crows, ravens and Halloween so I was blown away by this amazing card! Learn how to use some new pop up dies from Karen Burniston to make this Raven Tree Pop Up card. I love the combinat…

This simple little fabric bucket can help organize a desk, a bathroom vanity, or any other space where small clutter tends to collect.  Damjana from AppleGreen Cottage shares a tutorial showing how…

Pumpkin Pie Cake Bars are so easy to make. They're moist, delicious cake bars filled with pumpkin pie flavors and are a perfectly easy sweet treat for fall.

This adorable card holder wallet has pockets made from envelopes and can be used to store your hand made cards. Decorate it with any theme and it?s perfect to keep your own card organized or …

Learn about Michelangelo: 1475-1564 - Renaissance sculptor, painter and poet; considered to be one of the greatest artists in his lifetime, and of all time.

Petro from Creative Homemaking shows how you can sew a girls? peasant top.  This style of top is easy to sew so it?s a great way for beginners who want to try their hand at sewing cloth…

Mixed Media Artist features tutorials, business advice, and artist profiles for artists working with fabric, paper, clay, and other materials.

So in the previous post I showed a few examples of painting the figure using different sets of primary colors out of the tube. If t...

Bright Yellow Sunflowers and Rabbit-Brush against a blue sky: Saratoga Springs Utah

Mixed Media Artist features tutorials, business advice, and artist profiles for artists working with fabric, paper, clay, and other materials.

Looking back over the last few years as to what was the greatest help to me in learning to create better compositions for my art quilts, one...

I've been kicking around the idea of doing a series of 10 solid quilts for a few months now,

Over the July 4 weekend the New-York Historical Society will kick off its ?Summer of Hamilton.?

British bookmakers have suspended betting on the identity of the next Bond after the odds on the actor Tom Hiddleston shortened sharply in recent days.

Delivering this Alphabet Letter for a little boy today.

British bookmakers have suspended betting on the identity of the next Bond after the odds on the actor Tom Hiddleston shortened sharply in recent days.

With over $55,000 worth of valuable prizes, the Chelsea International Photography Competition 2017 is an excellent opportunity for photographers.

~ Happy Cafe ~ My favorite new restaurant is the Happy Cafe in downtown Blackstone in southside Virginia. Blackstone is a small town...

My good friend Leslie Tucker Jenison and I took a trip to Hamilton Missouri last week to be part of the Missouri Star Birthday Bash. We went...

Art Cup made by Samantha Henneke, Bulldog Pottery, Seagrove, North Carolina Cousins in Clay is th...

Spiral Yunomi, made by Samantha Henneke, Bulldog Pottery, Seagrove, NC We are preparing for our upcoming Cousins in Clay annual event wi...

Vase made by Samantha Henneke, Bulldog Pottery, Seagrove, NC Hello! This morning we woke up to a little snow on the ground. I am sure it...

Reflection in Pond, 1/27/17, Samantha Henneke, Bulldog Pottery, Seagrove, NC

One of my goals for this year was to do some designing and collaborating with my daughter. It's nearly October already (!!!), so it's good ...

I've been using a variation of this palette for many years. From time to time, I switch out a color or two, just to shake things up, but ...

Update 22nd August: Thanks to Helen and Kate for reporting seeing two peregrines (probably both adults) on the nest platform and below it r...

The final Watch Point of 2017 will take place this Saturday 15th July, usual place, usual time. As you can read by scrolling down to the pr...

THE NEXT WATCH POINT IS ON WEDNESDAY 5TH JULY .....ALWAYS ASSUMING THE WEATHER IS OK. Don't forget the excellent Bakewell tarts and coffee a...

Thank you guys so much for your Facebook comments. All I have heard is how I have to do Facebook if I am going to have a store. My last e...