An Artist Labyrinth: Ginny Stiles CZT

This nice sleepy looking Holstein will be my in-class demo on Sept 15 at my workshop. The hard part is stopping the fun and waiting to do i...

I promised my potential students that I would post the supply list on my blog after Aug 1. Oops. I think it is after August 1. So, anyone in...

Finally got everything ready for the People's Choice Art show sponsored by the Lakeland Art League of Woodruff and Minocqua, WI. If you...

I've had a few good suggestions and a few ideas of my own on some improvements. (scroll back one post) I didn't like the sameness o...

This is a 16 x 20 acrylic on canvas I started last summer and ran out of time. Some of you might remember it. It is somewhere in my archi...

I am going to "mentor" a workshop on paper painting (ala Elizabeth Nelson style) on September 15. This is somewhat presumptuous b...

I've promised to do an "Intro to ATCs" when I get back to Hawthorne Park in Florida (November 19). Even though that sounds a...

Watercolor and gouache. 11 x 15" Arches hotpress paper. I worked from a photo on this one and had no color reference...well I did som...

I think it the ultimate "pat on the back" when you sell a painting at a show to no one you know or are related to! :-) I really l...

Here I am today in Manitowish Waters doing a Paper Painting Demo from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 pm. I am finishing up the "Sock Monkey" ...

What a lovely show! The reception was this evening and it was catered with delightful food and drink and a harpist! The art was very lovel...

I did a quick 30 minute watercolor sketch in my moleskin while the grandkids were all out tubing yesterday afternoon about 4:30 pm. This mo...

On Friday we went to the garage sales. Always a delight of sounds, textures, and a mish-mosh of thoughts, plans, and ideas. WHAT will I di...

A one hour sketch watercolor on canvas done yesterday. The grandsons were out tubing with grampy. My daughter, Julie, and I were doing a l...

As of July 5, the state of Wisconsin is now smoke free in all public places! My family (including 4 of the grandsons) attended a big party i...

A few weeks back (in June) I was part of Karen Kappell's collaborative art project at the Manito Art League meeting. We used pastel and...

This is a little bit of a twist...using the black and white image of the church that I just watercolored and putting into Print Shop 2. I k...

I did get to move along a little on this. Half the grandsons went sailing and half were immersed in World Cup Soccer. Putting it into blac...

You can see below in the 3 previous pictures of the little church watercolor that the roof line is nice and pristine after the wash of the s...

I learned this tip a long time ago from artist Gordon McKenzie. If you haven't seen his books, but sure to take a look. I took a class...