Art

The View from Our Place

a bright bubblegum pink hollhock in bloom

As promised, a post about my latest watercolor painting, The View from Our Place. If you’re here for another fiber project roundup, you’ll have to wait for the next post. I decided there’s too much to talk about to cram it all into one update.
Read more

Subalpine’s Designs @Society6

photographs of flowers by Subalpine Design hung on the wall in a kitchen living area

UPDATE: 2025 We no longer maintain a store on Society6
Read more

Humming Along

The last two months (August and September) have blown by, and here we are over a week into October. There’s been a lot going on. We took a week off to recharge in the mountains in August. I painted my first plein air watercolor there and finished the Lily of the West—more on those momentarily.
Read more

These are a few of my favorite things.

a watercolor of flowers, birds, insects including a bee and a butterfly

That’s the title of my latest completed watercolor, Favorite Things. I’m very pleased with how it turned out. I’ve been having fun using my masking fluid and entering an Alphonse Mucha inspired phase that started with revisiting Wolf Rules.
Read more

Practice Making Progress

Continuing to share my journey of discovery with watercolor, today’s post is meant to encourage you to find ways to advance your creative practice and for me to appreciate what I’ve accomplished.
Read more

Pardon Me, I Arted

I’m sure you’ve noticed. The boundaries of the world have changed.
Read more

Playing with Water

I can’t say I’m a complete novice when it comes to watercolor.
Read more

Tangled Up In Blue

Back in January I shared some of my artistic goals for the new year. If you’ve read this blog for long, you’ll know I’ve talked about a daily sketch practice for a while. One technique I tried initially was drawing the first object that came to mind and adding it to a single page. I didn’t sustain that practice for very long. My first attempt at a daily practice.
Read more

Meet Lou

This was another sketch that was created while working on the rebrand of Red Silk Essentials as a possible new logo idea. My inspiration came from my friend and silversmith, Bailey Schreiner Parker, she’s the Boho Luxe Bohemian behind Beaded Bohemian, who likes to cast lil succulents into her designs. Now, looking back, I’m itching to draw some more succulents and this time in color. I love their fractal, repetitive, spiraling design.
Read more