"Every artist was first an amateur" Ralph Waldo Emerson Had I kept up with painting and drawing after getting a degree in art, I might be closer to the 10,000 hour rule. My drawing skills got rusty since college, so I figure I'm not yet halfway...

I'm taking a colored pencil class with a friend for fun. I loved colored pencils as a kid. However, this is NOT the colored pencil technique of my childhood: I knew nothing about laboriously layering color in 10+ feather light layers to achieve...

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself." Amelia Earhart 1897-1937 My painting buddy Marcia and I made the pilgrimage to Atchison, KS to see the birthplace museum of aviator Amelia Earhart. She was born at her grandparent's home, which is stunningly...