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Breakdowns can create breakthroughs. Things fall apart so things can fall together unknown Why is it so cheap to throw a party at a haunted house? Because the ghosts bring all the boos. Reflect on a time when you faced a difficult challenge. How did you come out of that […]

Make Monday Happy

October 23, 2023 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! by Elisha

I have had a lot of website problems lately and I think in the last repair I lost some posts. While I haven’t been on many artist dates in the last month, I have still been practicing adding joy to my life in other ways. The artist dates I have […]

Artist Dates

October 12, 2023 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! by Elisha

Who would you want in your squad?

My Master Artists Squad

November 20, 2020 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! tagged Art / fine art / master artists / old masters / paintings by Elisha

Who would you have in your squad?

My Master Artists Squad

November 19, 2020 in Art / Oops! I forgot to pick a category! tagged Art / classic art / master artists / oil painting by Elisha

I heard about a British art show called Portrait Artist of the Year 2020. I’m on the fence about it, but over all, it’s worth a watch. I had the first several episodes on in the back ground as I did other things. I like that it isn’t like American […]

Artist Date

July 26, 2020 in Art / Oops! I forgot to pick a category! tagged Art / Painting by Elisha

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. –Babe Ruth Beasley says, “Okaaay, you can stay in bed today…..Just kidding. …This bed is much more comfortable when you’re not in it. Now get to work and let me rest.”

Monday Motivation – Don’t Let Monday Suck

January 4, 2016 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! tagged motivation / quotes by Elisha

I haven’t touched this for a few weeks. With the holidays and work and taking care of my Grandma’s Dr appointments and things, I’ve been procrastinating.

WIP Wednesday

December 30, 2015 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! by Elisha

I haven’t done gestures in a very long time. I need to make more time to do these. They are so fun and rewarding, even the bad ones. These were 1 minute.

Gestures

December 21, 2015 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! by Elisha

Last week we went over values a little bit and I gave you a quick exercise. I recommend doing that exercise with every drawing tool you use, especially if you are a beginner. If you have a set of pencils, do one with every single pencil. You will see the […]

Sketch-A-Long

December 8, 2015 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! tagged Art / drawing / sketch by Elisha

If I had an assistant, I would have them edit all of the photos. It is my least favorite part of the whole blog. I would probably blog 10 x’s as often if I didn’t have to edit photos. Unfortunately, no one wants an art blog without the art. I […]

If I Had An Assistant

May 5, 2014 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! tagged Animals / Dogs / flowers / Friends / Pets / portraits / self-portrait by Elisha

April 24, 2009 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! by Elisha

This is what I have been slaving over for the last week… *Edit: I changed the color balance to show a closer version of the color of the painting. My camera takes very yellow pictures because of the flash. I need the flash because I am too shaky to take […]

Spanish Dancer

January 23, 2009 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! by Elisha

*Edit:This is an updated picture. I finally had time to set up my wonderful HP Photosmart C4580. (It’s amazing!) I also finally installed Photoshop on my computer not too long ago and now I am able to scan my paintings and let Photoshop piece them back together. This makes a […]

Joe

January 10, 2009 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! by Elisha

This is a portrait of Joe’s mom. There are a few things that I really like about this painting, mostly in the face. I like the way I painted the eyes and skin tone. I don’t like that I messed up on the drawing of the eyes and they are […]

Margaret

January 10, 2009 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! by Elisha

My painting of Tux has been accepted into the 25th annual Open Juried Exhibition of the Illinois Watercolor Society. Go me!

I made it!

December 5, 2008 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! by Elisha

At the moment this is my favorite painting at the Art Institute. The image does not do the painting justice at all. If you get a chance to go to the Institute this is the painting you should look at. I think I may love this guy more than Sargent […]

Check it out

October 18, 2008 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! by Elisha

This is at Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva (I believe.) I had a very fun day painting with Katie. It was gorgeous. We also were in the newspaper because many artists gathered at the park for a paint out.

Sketchbook 3

October 18, 2008 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! by Elisha