We’re heading to a bunch of national parks this summer and I started a new accordion fold journal to document the journey! It’s an A6 size Hahnemühle Zig Zag Book and it’s so fun! So far we’ve been to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. Can’t Read more…
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 with watercolors. But not anymore! I found some key colors Read more…
Choosing paints to put on your palette is very personal — it depends on where you live, what you like to paint, how much you enjoy color mixing, and more. Someone who does botanical art will have a very different palette than someone who focuses on urban scenes. I live Read more…
I love tinkering with my palette and switching it up for the seasons. I put together this fall/winter version in my Art Toolkit Folio so that I could play with lots of reds, oranges and yellows plus have some moody darks and easy ways to mix snow. I also tried Read more…
I’m going to be teaching an in-person workshop near Houston and put together this palette for the students and had to share. It’s designed for ease of mixing out in the field and the colors of the Texas Gulf Coast Prairies, but I bet it would make a great everyday Read more…
I’ve had Cobalt Teal Blue on my palette for years — it’s one of my favorites. I’ve found that not many people know about this glorious color and all the magic mixes you can make with it, so I decided to write this Ode to Cobalt Teal Blue. This is Read more…