Camp
We sold our house to travel full time!
You read that right: we sold our house in Austin, Texas to travel full time in our converted Ford Transit camper van! I’m so dang excited! I keep pinching myself to make sure it’s not all just a dream. I started a Read more…
Palettes
Major Palette Update! (kinda scary!)
Hey, friends! So I updated my palette — hoping this is the last one for a while because we’re going to be traveling full time in our converted camper van and it will be hard to get paint on the Read more…
Gear
My 2024 Nature Spots Challenge Kit
All the details on my kit for the 2024 Nature Spots Challenge!
Travel
How is it December?
Hello, friends! It’s been a little quiet around here because I’ve been super busy, but hopefully things will slow down now. Here’s the story: we loaded up our converted Ford Transit cargo van and left home in Austin, Texas back Read more…
Nature Spots
January 2024 Nature Spots Challenge!
I’d like to invite you to join me for the second annual Nature Spots Challenge! It was so much fun last year that I just had to host it again! It’s super simple to play along: just get outside and Read more…
Nature Spots
Nature Spots
What are nature spots, you ask? They’re spots of color to mark your observations while out in nature. Be it a flower, butterfly, amazing rock formation or magnificent mountain, nature spots are a great way to document a subject without Read more…
Palettes
How to Mix Desert Green in Watercolor
What do I mean by desert green? Feast your eyes on the cacti and agaves below to see: Did you spot the baby saguaro? :) This opaque dusty green really used to trip me up when I first got started Read more…
Gear
Cactus Collab Palette with Letter Sparrow!
I’m super excited to share a project that’s been in the works for a while now: a Cactus Palette Collab with Letter Sparrow! Kelly makes some of the best handmade paints that I’ve ever used, hands-down. This is like a Read more…
Press
Journaling with Nature Podcast
I’m honored to be a guest on the Journaling with Nature Podcast with Bethan Burton. It was so lovely to talk with her and I feel like we are kindred spirits. You can also find the podcast here on Bethan’s Read more…