Pumpkin Designs

Do you love to carve or design on pumpkins?  Before you carve, sketch a few designs on paper.  Use the design on the paper as a guide to draw the layout on the pumpkin.  What's your favorite design?  Share your comments here.

Pressed Fall Leaf

Do you love the colors of autumn?  It's a great season to collect Fall colored leaves.  Press the leaves between sheets of paper then place a heavy book on top of the paper.  Let the leaves dry for one week.  Store the dried leaves in a box away from the sun to keep the colors from fading.

Favorite Quotes

Quotes can provide inspirations, ideas, & creativity.  Do you have a favorite quote?  Write the quote on your favorite type of art paper.  Place the paper by your office desk as a source of daily inspiration.

Art Supplies

Do you have favorite art supplies that you love to create with?  I like to use a mixture of colored pencils, lead pencils, & ink.  They are easy to work with & no mess!  I also like to use watercolor pencils since they are easy to draw with.  I use a little water & a small paintbrush to brush over the watercolor drawings.

Dragonfly Rose Petal

I often press flower petals & leaves to use for my artwork.  I drew a dragonfly on this rose petal.  It's a delicate process to draw gently on the petal.

Engaging Stories

A great way to start a presentation is to begin with a story.  A story captures the attention of an audience.  It gives them an opportunity to be a part of your experience.  End the story with a question.  Give your audience a chance to provide their thoughts.

Bright Stars

Grab a sheet of black cardstock & a silver gel roller marker.  Draw dots of different sizes on the cardstock in any direction.  Take a white gel roller marker then connect a few of the dots to create an object.  What do you see?  You have created your very own constellation of stars!