An Artist Labyrinth: Ginny Stiles CZT

Stoney Creek Garden Center is south of Minocqua, WI and is one of the most diverse and eclectic one I've come across.  I could pain...

A few sketches "on the fly" this past week during a pretty busy week filled with art shows, fashion shoes, brunches, etc.  Th...

You've seen this page as it developed over the month.  I always like to share it when it's done.   Wrapped up with my favorite...

What a morning we had today out on South Bay on Little St. Germain Lake! Whew.  Was about 65 degrees when I left at 7:45 am (this is rea...

The iris that Greg planted up by the road have bloomed now in the  warm  sunshine.  I see them every time we go in and out the driveway a...

This will be a repeat of the first few rows...this is going a little slower this summer with some competition for my time.  But in July t...

My granddaughter is getting married in October.  Much happy excitement in the family!   So the wedding shower is in August and I am...

This kind of journal entry I call "walk-and-draw" journal entries. These quick line drawings were done in a 5x7 journal wit...

Today is the summer solstice...June 21.  Longest day of the year. After a wet and very cool start to our summer here in the  Northw...

Preparation for the Zentangle® class that will be held next Wed evening.  One of the things that I like to talk to students about is vers...

A watchful eye in the northern part of Wisconsin bring a few little jewel flowers into view.  In southern WI where I spent much of life...

My "littles" are progressing along this week... A cup of cocoa indicates we had a frost warning.  So I painted one of my fav...

So much fun to have a warm day again up here in the  Northwoods . We got to 80!  Wow.  Although it was still cooler in the morning wh...

Today I had a an hour or so in my  Northwoods  studio and decided to freshen up the covers on the 3 current journals that I am working on....

I sat for about 45 minutes and did a rough sketch of the amazing City Hall on Monday.  The renaissance building in Savannah, GA was b...

You'll be relieved to know the count down is over and we are off and headed to Savannah, GA this morning. It's a gorgeous t...

This is my  third  page of "littles".  This group runs from  April  2 to May 17.  Some rather momentous events.  We sold our c...

Our little old Bottlebrush Tree out back has been cut back and trimmed so many times but it's hanging in there.  We sat out there  ...

Collections are by default fun to sketch.  When you have a rainy afternoon or are tired or need to be a bit meditative...sketching around th...