I have discovered a new watercolor instructor! Paul Clark was mentioned by many in a request for favorite teachers on the Watercolor Cards Facebook Group I'm a member of. I decided to check him out and found a great artist who has made hundreds of easy-to-follow videos, available on YouTube (link below). He even has… Continue reading Great watercolor instruction and some bridges
One of my quandaries as a novice artist is to discover my style, or put another way, to recognize and develop my voice. After about five years of working at this art thing, I’m still feeling my way. Loose is in. I’ve tried painting loose, but my loose paintings never succeed. Impressionism and expressionism retain… Continue reading Mary Pratt: A Love Affair with Vision – review
God's Hostage: A True Story of Persecution, Imprisonment, and Perseverance by Andrew BrunsonMy rating: 5 of 5 starsWhen Andrew Brunson and his wife answered a request to come to the police station in Izmir Turkey on October 7, 2016, Andrew didn’t realize that he wouldn’t see the inside of his home again for almost two… Continue reading God’s Hostage – review
As a book person, I’m always delighted when I find interesting new art books. Last week, when an art instructor mentioned the Loomis method of drawing faces, I did a quick search and found Successful Drawing by Andrew Loomis. Loomis’s book is the most detailed instruction on drawing correct perspective that I’ve found. His explanation… Continue reading Wisdom from Andrew Loomis
My one-year subscription to Acrylic University has expired. In a few days I will no longer have access to their stash of wonderful instructional videos and live classes. So I’m back to improving my painting knowledge and skills using the tried and true method that I’ve used before: BOOKS! One such I’m currently reading is… Continue reading The Landscape Painter’s Workbook – review
If you’ve ever taken a Beth Moore Bible study you’ll know she comes across as confident, articulate, funny, beautiful, and passionate about the Bible. You might imagine she’s lived a charmed and trouble-free life, removed from the cares of us ordinary women. But you’d be wrong. In her 2023 memoir All My Knotted-up Life, Moore… Continue reading All My Knotted-up Life – review
Deadly Burden by Janet SketchleyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Still needing a Christmas read? Consider Deadly Burden, Janet Sketchley’s latest cozy mystery.Again amateur sleuth Landon Smith gets lured into detective action when Vi Foley, keeper of many of the townspeople’s darkest secrets, is found dead in her remote home.Lunenburg’s fictional Green Dory Inn, Yuletide-decorated… Continue reading Deadly Burden – review
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric MetaxasMy rating: 5 of 5 starsRaiding the Biography section of our church library has recently led me to some great reads. The latest is Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas. This biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a 39-year-old German theologian, executed just two weeks before the Allies liberated the camp where… Continue reading Bonhoeffer – book review
One of the riveting stores of my youth was of the five missionaries killed by the Auca Indians of Ecuador. So when I found End of the Spear by Steve Saint in our church library, I eagerly plucked it off the shelf. Author Steve Saint is the son of pilot Nate Saint, who flew the… Continue reading End of the Spear – review
“Though I have never been to Mount Olive, New Jersey,I have spent years of my reading life on the Mount of Olives,trespassing, looking for a brown-skinned teacher…” writes Brad Davis in his book’s title poem, “Trespassing on the Mount of Olives.”* The poem summarizes well the quest which Davis shares with us in the collection… Continue reading Trespassing on the Mount of Olives by Brad Davis – review
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