My summer has been hectic. Long story short, I have had to say goodbye to beautiful Pennsylvania and am now back in the not so beautiful Chicago area …sigh. The […]
Art Tutorials
Simple Watercolor Abstract
Here is a super easy-to-do water color abstract. I very lightly penciled circles onto a thick watercolor paper – I drew around something but I can’t remember what…doesn’t matter really! […]
Inktense Pencil Abstract Art
Undeterred by my recent Epic Art Fail recently, I have continued dabbling around with colored pencils and Facebook fans will have seen a quick peek of this work in progress […]
Pistachio Shell Art
I may have a problem with nuts! Over the weekend Mr CH and I enjoyed a rather large bag of Pistachios, but it was not enough for me to savor […]
A Sea Horse Wall Sculpture from Trash
Just over a month ago I moved house… and let me tell you that process produces a tremendous amount of trash in the form of packing materials Although most of […]
Driftwood Pot Tutorial
While having a Spring clean of my garage last week I came across a bag of driftwood scraps from projects like my driftwood seahorse and pair of driftwood fish. There […]
Design Your Own Fabric : Another Easy Technique
Dear Chicago House, Who knew this little post on custom fabric creation would get so much interest. I shared only one technique for creating your own stunning fabric but I […]
You Can Paint This!
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 […]
Arty Farty Friday #29 A Quick Art Lesson
Dear Chicago House, I love the transparent effects you can get when painting with watercolors. This painting is like translucent pebbles on a light box and is today’s piece for […]
You Can Create Your Own Art: Arty Farty Friday #24
Dear Chicago House, Creating an original piece of art to hang on your walls is not difficult. Take a look at these simple watercolors, simple and contemporary. Difficult to do? […]
