“Sketching regularly requires you to pay close attention to the visual world around you. With practice, you begin to see things you never noticed before.” —Paul Laseau One of my favorite creative activities is the Quickdraw Challenge. The idea is to set a timer for a specified amount of time, such as an hour, and practice in your medium of choice. How to Continue Reading
The Double Primary Palette
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way - things I had no words for.” —Georgia O’Keeffe I can really identify with O’Keeffe’s quote. Do you find color enlivens your feelings and senses? The colorful image below illustrates how to set up your personal artistic palette. To make things easier, you can purchase a Continue Reading
Making an Affordable Beachy Countertop
If a designer thinks outside the box, unusual materials can become modern devices. Before I share my countertop home renovation project as my first blog post in this category, here is a little history about our home. When we bought our modern contemporary home, we knew it was going to take a few years to update and remove all the old and worn 80’s Continue Reading
Rosy Daze is a Rose Like No Other
Wouldn’t you agree roses are timeless and their fragrance can call up wonderful emotions? Art with roses traces back through history with the first known painting of a full rose found in Knossos, Crete circa 1500 B.C. It was painted on a fresco discovered by archeologists and it included a bird sitting next to a wild rose. Throughout history, many Continue Reading