Latches and locks can be fascinating to curious little munchkins and provide puzzles for them to discover how they work. On the surface they may appear to be playing, but they are really trying to figure out how to get into something they … Continue reading →
I wanted to share with you my very first attempt at creating mixed media canvases. I did these two and a half years ago before we started inaTickle.com. I really did not know much about mixed media at that point, … Continue reading →
Week 3 of the Documented Life Project challenge was” The Color Wheel” and the journal prompt was “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way…” by Georgia O’Keeffe. Jan: When my … Continue reading →
Today, we are happy to have Jan’s husband, Tom Johnson, share a guest post. He is a wonderful husband, dad, accomplished entertainer, actor, singer, and musician, all around fix-it guy, remodeler, furniture builder, biker, and most of all–his grandkids adore … Continue reading →
The art challenge for the second week of the Documented Life Project was to use gesso in conquering the blank page (which is the theme for the month of January.) The journal prompt was, “The beginning is always today.” -Mary Shelley We … Continue reading →
I pulled out a book for my kids that we got a long time ago but hadn’t looked at much. The books is The Usborne Book of Famous Artists. I thought we could read about an artist then do some … Continue reading →
It can be easy after you have seen several booths of paintings to look for a minute then move on, but when we stopped by Julie Hume’s booth at the Silver Dollar City Harvest Festival, our interest was piqued more as … Continue reading →
The art challenge for the Documented Life Project for week 42 was : “Stars”. Jan: I’ve been trying to add more watercolor practice into my creative exercises and decided to make a watercolor galaxy filled with stars for this challenge. While the … Continue reading →
I am fascinated with watercolor paintings. When we met Darla Zook at the Harvest Festival at Silver Dollar City this fall, she was bubbling over with enthusiasm to share her love of watercolor. She truly exuded something Melinda and I … Continue reading →
The art challenge for Week 40 in the Documented Life Project was to: “Paint or color with three colors you never use.” Jan: I don’t think that there are three colors I never use, but I tried to think of … Continue reading →