Month: June 2017

Gouache Painting

Gouache Painting

I haven’t been painting with gouache for very long but when I tried it out for the first time I was smitten. The viscosity, vibrancy, and silkiness of this medium has captured my heart and made me want to paint everyday. While watercolor is a 

Free Art Friday

Free Art Friday

I first heard about Free Art Friday after following the work of My Dog Sighs, a graffiti and street artist in the United Kingdom. My Dog Sighs would leave his artwork on the streets of London for people to find. He’d leave clues online. So 

Art Supply Swap

Art Supply Swap

Swap events can be exciting. Not only do you get to give a second life to things forgotten, you get to then focus on things that are important to you now. While working at Marion County I’ve had the opportunity to partner with the Salem 

Sign up for my OMG! (Oh My Gouache) class!

Sign up for my OMG! (Oh My Gouache) class!

I’m super excited to teach a class entitled OMG! (Oh My Gouache) at the Art Department in Salem, Oregon. Some people know gouache as opaque watercolor, casein tempra, tempera, poster color, or poster paint. Whatever you call it, you too will fall in love with