The Freedom to Create

dream doodle Whether you've always been creating art or you are just beginning I would like to offer some suggestions as to how you can do what you love- creating art- and be profitable. You can paint your way into success. Prepare                       Art has many forms. abstract, fine art, illustrations for children, the list is endless. Decide what type of art you create. What category do your creations give you the best representation? Know your Audience For example: If you wish to illustrate for children what age group does your work represent? Ages 3-5 illustrations will most likely require full page art with few words. The artwork will be colorful with few elements drawing the child's attention to the picture. Ages 6-8 a book will contain more words as a child's vocabulary increases with more detailed colorful artwork. Ages 8-12 a story will be more of a chapter book with fewer black and white detailed spot illustrations.  Your creations may

Now that summer has arrived and everything has come alive, grab your brushes and take painting outside. Here is a short video on Plen-Aire painting. Check out my new facebook fan page Fresh Paint @ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fresh-Paint to see whats coming up. Enjoy!

Along the way Along the way we saw this family of armadillo. It was terribly hot that day. I remember the sweat beading off my face while planting watermelon. Then a sudden downpour of  rain came from no where. We ran to the umbrella of the giant oak tree near by for shelter. The rain stopped as quick as it came. Sun breaking along the horizon we walked back to the house when I looked toward the woods. That's when we saw them. A family of armadillo.