An Artist Labyrinth: Ginny Stiles CZT

Preparation We finally got home to Florida...a week ago Sunday night.  An uneventful but exhausting 3 days and 2 nights down from n...

My daughter's blog featured a new word today. Sonder. Is it a real word?...I guess it just depends on how you come to define words ...

Inktober is a wildly popular event each year with artists.   Just a fun encouragement to draw with ink every day for 31 days.   The...

The  in-between  time...when you are neither here or there has arrived at the lake cabin.   The leaves are turning but it appears it i...

The time of year when it seems like ALL the family birthdays converge at once.  When you have 6 kids and 12 grandchildren there is a birthd...

A day at the Coffee House for the demo 9 x 11" Sketchbook - wc and ink A nice day sketching and doing Zentangle® at the Grea...

The Diva's Zentangle® challenge this week are "squares overlapping" if I read it right .  I've been off-challenge for...

These sketches by James Richards   are a wonderful interpretation of Hurricane Irma.  James and his wife had to evacuate Siesta Key on th...

The show at the Northern Coffee Shop in Minocqua is now displayed as of this morning.  My friend Karla, helped me set up the displa...

"Irma" 4 x 6" Acrylic on paper My hubby and I have the most delightful little home in central Florida just northwest...

Upsa Daisy by Ginny Stiles Acrylic 16 x 20 A Blessing for an Artist at the Start of the Day by John O'Donohue  from his book...

Just a  quick  post to show a batik that I did a few years ago...not  very  large...maybe 8 x 10 on gallery wrapped canvas.  It is call...

One of the marvels of the autumn season is the migration.  Birds and some butterflies.  The idea of the passing over our heads at night...

Just a few more of my give-away book marks in preparation for  the  demo on Sept 16 (see sidebar). I included my "corner chom...

I've mentioned before (on the sidebar of the blog) that I am going to be doing a demo on Sat September 16 from 9:30 to 2.  I'll...

A little sketch as a warm up. Weather and company has kept me out of the studio and away from my outdoor sketching group!  Grrrr. ...

The Sumac In Autumn by Ginny Stiles Hearing Acorns Fall Fall begins to whisper in our ears. The glint of sun on ...

Mindfullness Below is part of an article by Robin Chancer. It has been my goal not to get into politics on my blog.  But the curr...

I thought I'd start out this morning with something really bright and cheerful.  Greg and I use inexpensive pocket folders to keep ...

Friend Florie took this photo of me last week during out  outdoor  painting session at Camp Jorn.   Once in a while we get really nice...