Welcome to our Coastal Woodland Christmas Home in the South Carolina Lowcountry! We live in an area that has "seas surrounded by trees." The maritime forest is loaded with loblolly pine, red cedar, sweet gum. wax myrtle, and live oak trees. Red foxes, barred owls, raccoons, eastern gray squirrels, Continue Reading
A Painted Gingerbread Man Nutcracker for “It’s a Nutty Christmas”Public Art Project
My painted gingerbread man nutcracker porch leaner was created for the "It's a Nutty Christmas" display this year. The Beaufort Art Association Gallery is calling on artists to create 4' and 6' nutcrackers to be "rented" and displayed by local businesses throughout the Christmas season. The Continue Reading
Painting Sea Turtle and Starfish Ornaments
My reason for making painted sea turtle and starfish ornaments was two-fold. First of all, I wanted to have some hand-painted coastal ornaments in my Etsy Shop. Secondly, Beaufort Art Association (the art gallery I belong to) is hosting a holiday show this month. Each artist is allowed to bring Continue Reading
Upcycled Lucy Goosey Christmas Porch Sign
My Upcycled Lucy Goosey Christmas Porch sign was a labor of love. I enjoy having unique, handmade decorations on my porch for all the major holidays. Upcycling also makes me feel good about the money I didn't spend, and gives me an opportunity to use my ingenuity and creativity. The 1980s Christmas Continue Reading
Painting Poinsettia and Palmetto Tree Woodslice Ornaments for Christmas
This year, I've been painting Poinsettia and Palmetto Tree Woodslice Ornaments and making ornament kits. They are easy to prep, easy to paint, and can be adapted to any Christmas tree theme. Wood slices have been popular in the craft world for quite some time. Versatile and inexpensive, wood slices Continue Reading
How to Paint a Fall Chicken
Have you ever tried to paint a fall chicken? Chickens are great subjects anytime of year, and definitely one of my favorite creatures to draw and paint. *There are numerous cultural references to chickens in myth, folklore, and religion, in language, and in literature. *Roosters are Continue Reading
Celebrating Fall in Our New Lowcountry Home
Lately we've been celebrating fall in our new Lowcountry home. The completion of our house was extended, then extended some more in the summer of 2021. We finally moved in two days before Thanksgiving, nearly one year ago. The last few weeks of fall were spent unpacking and scrambling to get ready Continue Reading
How to Paint a Poinsettia with Oil Paint
Have you ever tried to paint a poinsettia? This tutorial will show you How to Paint a Poinsettia with Oil Paint using the alla prima method. Alla prima is an Italian phrase that means ‘at first attempt’. It is a wet-on-wet approach where wet paint is applied to layers of still-wet paint that were Continue Reading
French Country Industrial Art Studio
Recently we updated our loft to a French Country Industrial Art Studio. We've been in our new house for about nine months, so I've decided to tweak things a little bit. I've had enough time to see what works and what doesn't. From the beginning, we knew that our upstairs loft would be a Multipurpose Continue Reading
The Easy Way to Make Prints from Your Original Paintings
*This post contains affiliate links. Have you been thinking about making prints from your original paintings? I thought about selling prints a long time before I took the plunge. I will tell you about my process, but first let's look at the pros and cons of selling prints. Pros You're Continue Reading
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