Recent content by Ellen Easton

I've gotten back to reading actual books and I love it. I've never liked reading online and it's wonderful to just sink back into actual books. The book I just finished is Nobody's Girl by Virginia Giuffre. Awhile back I also read Out of the Woods by the now grown up little girl who was...

Wow! I've never been inspired to paint without sketching first but I'm terrible with sketching. It's a chore and I erase so much that I know it damages the surface of the paper. Maybe I'll try painting without sketching. You do such a wonderful job of it that I'm sure mine won't be as good as...

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Here's one for a challenge I did but you have to scroll down to find it. Suns

I broke my hip in April and after I got healed up and got rehab and stuff done, my daughter and I had to get busy packing up to move to a house where she can live with me and we both have our own art rooms so I think the last piece I posted was a sunset I did from one of the photos PaintBoss...

You're such a good artist, Joy! And you're way more prolific than I am, too, so I just figured you were a pro. I suffer from "fear of the blank page" and I'm terrible with sketching as well as not wanting to "waste" my supplies so it takes me forever to get going on a new painting. I post my...

I can't say I've used this particular paper because I haven't yet but I've tried some of the other inexpensive cotton papers you may have seen me mention in other posts and I found them to be nice to use. I've never used Arches so I don't have that to compare to. I do have this Lightwish...

Wow! There it is! Sketchbooks

Thank you, Snoball!! I've never learned that before. Now I know!

I think I posted about the notebook style sketchbooks on Amazon when they came out last year. Well, this year I've found some fantastic sketchbooks I like even better that Lightwish offers now. Here's a link to one of them but if you surf a little you'll find more styles and they even offer...

I'm excited! Today my grand-daughter and her fiance' brought me an early birthday present and I'm thrilled with it. They brought me a big cage and some bird food and two beautiful little parakeets! I've always loved these little birds and have always had at least a couple until I moved back to...

I ordered the new Lightwish sketchbook and I really like it. It only has 20 sheets of cotton paper, but it comes in several styles and it can be refilled with six ring holed paper which is also sold by them in packets of 30 sheets. It's a little more expensive than some, but to me, that's...

It sounds like we're having similar "excitement" these days. Since I broke my hip back in April, my daughter has been insisting I can't do anything to speak of and that I have to use my walker, so I spend a lot of time reading, cruising Amazon for art and craft supplies, and doing stuff anyway...

Welcome, Andrew! I've got deep roots in the UK but I've never been there. My paternal side goes clear back to the 1600's in Fairlight, though. My ancestors came as pioneers to Oregon in 1880. I love to watch YouTube videos about the UK, especially London walking tours and people living on...

Yeppers, my wicked sense of humor caught that acronym right away. :ROFLMAO:😇