To keep up a habit, you need to make it easy to do. Want to make art more often? Put your art supplies in front you. Use portable paints and paper. I like drawing in pencil, but paint is so pretty. This is why I like to use watercolor pencils and water brushes as one…

Some miniaturists decided to delight others by sharing their unique interests. Miniatures make people smile. I’ve often wondered if there could be a charitable idea there. Apparently there is. It seems natural to use them for something good! Seeing Colleen Moore’s Fairy Castle as a kid is basically a fantasy. Colleen Moore was a famous…

We’re hoarding art we make, let’s do something with it! I’ve had this idea for a while to display miniature print outs of my art. I have hundreds of little works of art as digital files, in sketchbooks, and on scrap paper. I looked through them and it reminded me of what it felt like…

Make stuff you like A project I made a while ago is called “The Cupcake Ballet.” In this, I created art from vintage cupcake toppers. Have you ever noticed how cute vintage cupcake toppers are? It allows me to explore color and composition: Make art for you and then share it. Then people who like…

Criticism is hard, especially when it comes to art. At one point, I wanted to edit photos as a profession. I started offering to edit for other photographers. While I felt confident, I had 3 prospective photo editing clients turn me down without giving me any feedback as to why. Two of them said they were…