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For the most part, I attempted to make my art outside kits from things I already had on hand. With one exception, I bought an Art Tool Kit Demi Palette. Empty of course. But I added a selection of  pans to accompany it.

When it arrived I realized...

When I started to create the frictionless en plein air grab and go kits the big goal was to lighten my EDC load. My back pack was over filled and HEAVY. I went through my backpack and removed unused items. I had 2 EDC sets of silverware, which, realistically I could leave at work. But I carry them anyway. I now only carry one. I now only carry one charger and cable for my tab...

Over the years I’ve mentored quite a few art therapists and teaching artists. One piece of advice I give all of them, but also struggle to follow myself, is to maintain an art practice. Life gets busy, work gets busy and teaching artists and art therapists stop making their own art. We all know that we love making art and that making art is actually GOOD FOR US, but yet, we l...

I’ve been having a tough time getting inspired again. Loads of stuff online has been inspirational but not a lot in my own life. It’s cold and wet here lately and when we do have a warm days it’s raining. A few days ago it was predicted to be sunny but chilly. A group of my coworkers and I decided to go for a walk with some toy cameras.

I utilized the

This past fall and winter were rough for a variety of reasons- cancer scares in my family, my own knee issues, actual cancer in my family, perimenopausal nonsense and then we had loads of snowfall and a bitter cold winter. The result- really really not wanting to go outside and sketch. My en plein air habit really does drive a lot of my finished work. Those on site images all...