An Artist Labyrinth: Ginny Stiles CZT

A brisk day in the north woods (for almost July!). 58 and windy at noon but at least the sun is shining today. My hubby likes these days.....

You can probably tell, I just put on the coat of gloss/varnish as it hasn't quite dried in a few places yet. I think it'll take a d...

This is the acrylic underpainting for one of the paper paintings that I plan to use for the demo in July. (I think). I have always liked t...

These are the last words of a poem by Carole Ann Camp called "Hearing the Dark: Elements of the Labyrinth Walk". As many of my bl...

The en plein air group was at Lakeland Discovery Center on State House Lake in Manitowish Waters, WI this morning. We've had nothing bu...

Well, never mind what I said before about taking the watercolor class at Dillmans . I have changed my mind. Hopefully for the last time. ...

I promised the Manitowish Waters Art League that I'd do a morning demo of Elizabeth St. Claire Nelson's paper painting technique (wi...

Garrison Keillor has a wonderful "free" daily mail service which includes one poem and usually 3-4 interesting highlights concerni...

I've had a lot of good suggestions regarding this watercolor/gouache painting. So, I've added some trees off to the left side in th...

I mentioned on a recent post that I was so fortunate to get a gift certificate to a class at Dillman's Resort this summer. And how I was...

Rhonda has been talking on her blog lately of the difficulty of critiquing one's own work. Amen. A common complaint for sure. Getting...

So now it's time to send in my application for the Manitowish Waters Art League Show in July. Deadline June 30. Three this time. This...

I'm never quite sure but I think this is all I am going to do on this one. I looked at my photos and decided to add the darker shadow i...

Do you see that on the ground? That is SUNSHINE! First we've seen here in the north woods of WI in about two weeks! Wow. We had lik...

Some one of my blogger friends sent me the original photo that is the inspiration for this painting (with permission to use it) I added the...

Okay...here is the same painting I did before (scroll down once post). The first one is in transparent watercolor. This one is watercolor a...

On Wednesday I'll be taking another class from ever-versatile Karen Kappell. I don't think there is anything she can't do. She ...

That's my painting on the left on the post card. Cool, huh? The reception was last night and I am hoping to get feed back and some pho...

If you scroll down to yesterday you can see the two steps I photographed then: blocking in and then the way it looked after two hours. When...

The Manito Art League En Plein Air group met today at the Thirsty Whale for a little practice!!! I decided to try acrylic again...I keep st...