Today, I get to interview one of my favourite artists, a woman who actually lives on my street! I have known her since I was eight, and she has been a very big inspiration to me! She has encouraged me by buying me supplies and by giving me suggestions and opinions as she looks through my work. For my birthday one year, she gave me a beautiful painting that I keep hanging right by my desk. It's such a precious present to me. :) Well, you've seen what she can do, now on to

There was a time not so long ago when most anyone (especially girls) could do art. The only known portrait of Jane Austen was painted by her own sister, an artist of no great consequence, but an artist nonetheless. Now, because life is so busy, very few have the time to dedicate to visual art. Unless you want to make it into a career, it seems that there's no point in doing it, right? Wrong! Off the top of my head, I can think of several reasons why it's beneficial

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Welcome, Armatrod. We're so glad to have you on Shades of Art for this interview. Thank you for coming! You're welcome, Autumn. Thank...

I walked into the room of the local art center, excited.      My Mom and I were passing by and had stopped in to see an exhibit full of...

I decided to share this early since I will be on vacation all week. :) Usually, I'm not a camp kind of person. Most of them have big...

Photo Credit to Tiana Attride on Unsplash Since I've been helping at VBS this week, I haven't had time to prepare the post I'd been...

I wrote this post a while ago for another website (it didn't get published, by the way) and I couldn't bear for it to sit around,...

Photo credit to Birmingham Museums Trust Shakespeare wrote three different types of plays over his lifetime: Tragedies, Comedies, and...