ChristineMM's Creative Pursuits

What my actual problem was, was finally realized after years of not understanding the source. I realized it while decluttering and doing hom...

I am seeing it everywhere and it is driving me bananas. I taught myself to make soap from books. Back then there was no such thing as onli...

The time between semesters was to be for getting some household projects done as well as, of course, preparing for and celebrating Christmas...

My Painting I college class ended this week. I am sharing my paraphrased highlights, not listing every single thing off the syllabus, so I m...

My local public library has a used book store run by the Friends. I have been pleased to find that there is a steady stream of like new, hig...

I signed up for the community college class having not talked to anyone about their own experience. The thing I learned at class one was t...

Confession: I thought I wanted to paint for decades but was afraid to dive in. As I write this I have completed my last painting in my for c...

Palette knives are great for mixing paint. I made one painting using only palette knives. As a newbie what surprised me is that they are not...

One of the things I learned in my college Drawing II class and again in more depth in my Painting I college class is about aerial or atmosph...

For my whole life I have been a process based maker. I knew it inside and that is why when I homeschooled my kids I was quite different than...

Something to consider when making landscapes and other realistic art: it has to be believable. Today I saw a photo of a sunrise along the ...

This is what I have learned about the basic steps of acrylic painting. 1. Select your stretched canvas. If prepared in the factory it is r...

My summer ends this weekend. What a summer. I started with a six week intensive Drawing II class. It is tiring to be in a classroom for fo...

Many Americans want to do so much that we feel we need more hours in our day. Since that is impossible, instead we need to figure out how we...

This is a conundrum for creatives. We have real life to live that takes our time and interferes with just making what we want. Then other t...