Brown Sugar Baby Brushes

I have been having so much fun with Prima's new line of stamps by Jamie Doughtery ... and I wanted to share the fun I had painting these stamps with watercolors. For this project I am currently w...

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Brrrrr...it's cold out there baby!! 17 degrees here in the Northern Virginia area! While I am waiting for Spring to officially arrive, I am keeping busy with the Soul Food 2014 Lessons. This less...

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Lesson 2 on Soul Food is by artist Gwenn Seemel , who encourages us to sketch using our markers. I felt much more comfortable with this exercise - and I chose to draw my reflection from my Kindle...

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The beginning of 2014 is starting off with a creative bang for me. I am currently doing Mystele's Soul Food course - and so far it is taking me far out of my comfort zone. The first lesson, w...

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I've been in such a slump ... and FINALLY I have the urge to paint again. Normally I paint canvas boards and mini canvas ... but this time, I decided to really take my time and try a larger canva...

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I am using up my stash .... and this weekend I decided to create a cover for my new Summer Art Journal. it will be the cover to my Summer Art Journal. The surface is an 8x8 canvas board - the bac...

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After 15 months I finally started doing mini albums again. I love making mini albums ... but I think I set myself up to fail, when I begin watching all the youtube wonder gals churn out masterpie...

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Color me surprised!!!...but I had no idea watercolors could be so vibrant! I'm finally getting around to playing with my collection of Dr. PH Martin's Hydrus line. Right now I'm really just tryin...

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Hello out there ... I've started working on the body of my image - incorporating scrapbook papers and other embellishments. It's a work in progress ... so stay tuned!

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Hello! I get so many messages and emails regarding painting faces -in particular - African American skin tones. So, here is a more detailed and close up look at how I build the layers for a darke...

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Instead of talking through the painting process - which can sometimes be distracting for me - I've opted to just paint ... and added some license free music from Beatpick.com I am going to let...

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Sketching the design for this stamp, I was talking to my younger sister Sam. She's always on the go ... pursing her career as a sous chef in New York. As I was carving the stamp, I thought abo...

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I'm having so much fun carving stamps and bringing them to life with the paint brush. Carving is very addictive ... I seem to lose myself in the process ... but I love the results!

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Happy New Year! It's a wonderful thing to wake up to a new day ... a New Year! I hope everyone brought in the New Year with loved ones, whether at church, at a party or at home tucked in bed w...

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Black folk-art Santas, angels, mermaids and more - all one of a kind, original hand painted designs. Wine glasses, wooden gift boxes and journals are just some of the surfaces I love when trying to showcase my interpretation of black folk-art designs

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Christmas is my favorite time of the year ... and I could paint for this holiday all year round. On my painting table this week is my tin angel. It's a surface that I have had for a long time - a...

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I am the feature of the October Monthly Artist Interview...on the Merry Whatever blog ! Drop by and sign up to win my Giveaway prize ... and then stop by Wymzee Art Friends Blog and read my stor...

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If you're like me, over the years you've collected little tote bags...some have logos - some are plain .. but they all seem to pop up here and there. Now, I'm not one to recycle (SSSHHHH!!!) bu...

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This is for Sherise who commented on my double canvas post regarding painting with acrylics and darker skintones. I haven't done a video in a while - I need to get back to them - but here is a vi...

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Can you believe we are beginning the sixth month of the year!!!! I know I need to kick some things up a notch - the year is 1/2 way complete!! ...so not one to let time go a-wasting ... I'm worki...

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A few months back I received an email from a fellow small business owner - she loved my painted journals and wanted to know if I could paint her logo on a journal for her. In exchange, she would ...

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I started something new ... this time I am painting on 2 5x7 canvas boards. I have an inkling of what I want the finished canvas' to look like ... but I am learning to just let it flow. Basecoati...

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Her name is Melancholy ... and she is currently on my painting table. I promised myself this year that I would be truer to my art ... dig deeper ... be freer ... not there yet .. but getting ther...

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Around Mother's Day I posted my initial progress with an old surface I had laying around HERE . UPDATE:  I think I am closed to finished with this piece ... I messed up the front near the hydran...

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This latest custom order is for a fellow crafter ... she wanted her logo on a journal. So far, so good. Step One: I sketched the logo onto the journal face, using my fav yellow marking pencil. ...

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