Dear Chicago House, Who knew a hail storm could inspire this A little stumped by the connection? Lets look a little closer. Dots! This is a painting technique called […]
Art
A Little Shell Action
Dear Chicago House, Sitting on my desk I have a glass bowl with spoils of beach combing in Florida, shells and sand. During moments of thought as I work on […]
Pointillism Abstract in the Works
Dear Chicago House, Anyone following me on Facebook will have seen my weekend dabble in pointillism It is a lovely relaxing painting technique where your painting is built from small […]
Seahorse Art: Different Mediums
Dear Chicago House, Am I a little bit obsessed with seahorses? I didn’t think so but maybe I am, as when I was browsing through this blog the other day […]
Creative Picture Journaling: How to
Dear Chicago House, Over a year ago I started a sketch journal. At the end of each day I sketch out a series of simple pictures that capture my day. […]
Not Your Average Spring Break: Eastern State Penitentiary PA
Dear Chicago House, While spring break generally conjures up trips to the beach somewhere sunny and warm, beautiful white sand and lapping water, we do not march to the beat […]
Dabbling in Water Soluble Oil Paints
Dear Chicago House, Today the sun is shining and the snow is melting. I can at last see some of my front lawn…it maybe brown and rather disgusting looking but […]
Giraffe Lino Cut
Dear Chicago House, I mentioned a few post back that Miss Chicago teen had created quite a few linocuts. This giraffe is one of my favorites, she was about 10 […]
Treasure Alert: Linocuts and Prints
Dear Chicago House, There is nothing like cold day (again) to go digging through an old box of treasures in the basement. Look what I found today, some old linocuts […]
Arty Farty Friday #40 and Kindle News
Dear Chicago House, Gosh, it has been nearly six months since I did an Arty Farty Friday post. I was doing so well when I started the series but things […]
