Two How to paint Abstracts with Skye Taylor

A lot of artists are afraid of using acrylics especially after they have worked a lot in oils or watercolors. But they can be an essential...

Two Thursday Tip # 12- Art above the sofa

Do you have  one big blank space above the sofa?  Are you wondering how to fill it?  If the number of questions I get about this is any indi...

Two Reclaimed wood works

 Old is good. What is old can be new again with a little ingenuity, and I don't mind admitting that the art side of my brain has lots of...

Two 10 Ways to use Pantone's Colour of 2014

The news is out and after much  guessing  by designers the world over Pantone has declared Radiant Orchid as the colour for 2014. 2014 Panto...

Two 8 Ways to fill empty corners

The four corners of a room are often a no man's land when it comes to design.  I am not saying that you have to fill up every corner wit...

Ten Swan Prints

Our bedroom is starting to come together. I guess really all I have left is to figure out a headboard (that's why we have an extra row o...

Ten Two's a Collection

I found this vintage gouache painting a year or two ago at an antique store called Granny's Attic in New Jersey (the same trip I picked ...

Ten More Framed (Faux) Butterflies

I'm still in love with framed butterfly collections . Some of you were creeped out by the idea (and I suggested this paper cuts version ...