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Hug your loved ones and kiss them before they leave for work or school. If someone has a quality or thing about them that you love or adore, tell them. If you admire something in someone, let them know.

I stopped to admire the same tree back to back days in both kinds of spring weather ☺️: The cheerful sunny days and the rainy gloomy ones!

Happy Earth Day!!! This is one of my favorite days. There is something so blissful about then crunch of dirt and gravel under your feet. The smell of fresh grass and new flowers and unfurling leaves is

Yesterday an awesome friend connected me with some amazing tiny humans at a Girl Scouts “What a Girl Can Be” event. We painted and drew things and did experimental art and talked about art. We discussed

I walked up to my desk in the dark, grabbed these 5 crayons, and had to create some portrait work with them. I didn’t know how what I was working with until I locked myself in the bathroom, and sat down

Today I yanked out my sketchbook and went to town. I carry it with me everywhere, just in case I need to create. Too many times I carry all my supplies and then leave them by the wayside! But today I decided

Hi all! Thanks for checking out my blog and supporting my work! I wanted to take a few moments to share with you one of my recent projects. As you may have seen, my work spans a variety of topics and styles

A weird part of being an artist on your own and not working for someone else is that you literally become your brand. That is both a blessing and a curse, and definitely a strange experience. Everything

Ladies and gents ICYMI the tristate area got hammered with one last blast of winter. I spent most of it cozied up in PJs with coffee, homemade cereal snack bars, and a warm, bubbly vegan rice casserole!

Own your motivation behind your art, your creativity, and outlet of expression! Not everyone wants to create to be seen and heard by others - some do it just for themselves and it's awesome. Some want

This week I’ve been delving into some brightly coloured and very saturated hues as you can see here: (My last installment for the “MyArtsyBujo” Nautical theme challenge for “Seas the Day” in February.)

This week I am all about bright, vibrant hues!!! Here is my offering to the gods lol of please bring back my garden centers, smell of dirt, and all that ASAP. I’m fine if you wanna dump actual snow on

Jellyfish fascinate me. They seem like such simple creatures, floating mysteriously in the deep dark ocean abyss. Looking closer, they become this incredible specimen of the power of natural forces! The

Good morning y’all! As you will see in a previous blog post or two, I’ve been working my way through a Nautical Art prompt challenge via Instagram. Yesterday I completed two new 4”x6” paintings in this

As an artist I find myself always seeking out patterns in colour within every day life. My goal on the daily is to find some sort of rainbow pattern or arrange things in a rainbow order as often as I can.

I’ve been slowly working on catching up on the “Seas the Day” instagram art challenge by @myartsybujo on Insta. These are my creations over the themes of “Captains wheel” and “Ship” ☺️ They are created

Been working on a theme of several paintings over the course of February! I’m not usually one to use many blues or purples or a cool green palette, so this has been an exercise in color use for me. It

Hey there! Thanks for checking out my feed. My name is Ellen and I am an artist and illustrator from New Jersey. I am a Jill-of-all-Trades really, but my specialties lie in Watercolor, Colored Pencil,