It’s that time of year to look over my business goals and accomplishment for the past year. I started off the year strong but adding a part-time job into my schedule in May slowed me down a bit. By fall I was back into full swing though! 2017 Charlotte B. DeMolay Artist Annual Report Creating Keep Reading
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The Good, the Bad, the Hopeful
As many of you saw last week, I was accepted into Arts in the Village Gallery. This gallery is run by a cooperative group of artists through the Loudoun Arts Council. It is located in a beautiful, newish shopping center at the edge of Leesburg along one of the main road. It is a beautiful Keep Reading
Breaking Some Rules
The big reveal! No, it’s not a baby thing, it’s a website thing. I decided a month ago my website needed a new look. First, it was time. Trends change, my artwork has changed a bit, it was time to update. The second, and driving reason, was…I sell my artwork. What?!? You can buy all Keep Reading
Feeling Empty…and it’s Wonderful!
I’m writing this post sitting outside on a deck at Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. I have a cup of coffee beside me, everyone else is inside asleep and I am soooooo relaxed. I had thought this post would be about inspiration (and there may be one of those later), because a great deal of my Keep Reading
The Seesaw: Attempting to Balance Life
Ah…that elusive word…Balance. The Holy Grail of our modern existence. We have to do so much, we want to do so much, we need to do so much. How do we balance it all? I headed back out into the workforce a few weeks ago. With the move, I lost all my students. I’ve explored teaching option here in Virginia and Keep Reading
What I Make My Art With
When you are looking at art in a gallery or on a website, the ‘medium’ is generally a part of the description. For Netted by Perceptions (right), I list this as “Acrylic” meaning it’s an acrylic painting. This conjures an image of me standing in front of my easel with paintbrush in hand painting happily away. Keep Reading
Why I Chose Skillshare for my First Online Class
As I’m sure any follower of my Social Media accounts is aware…I completed creating my first online class. It was a difficult process for me as I was learning new skills (video recording and editing) and overcoming my fear of the camera. I’m happy to say I’m MUCH better with the skillset and still working on looking more natural on Keep Reading
New Studio Tour
In my new home in Virginia, I had to let go of the classroom studio I had in my Texas home for so many years. The room my husband and I chose is a narrow room with a bay window on the first floor. It was meant to be a home office. While my husband Keep Reading
Whoa…Big News
…I’m moving…a long (ish) ways away! My family and I will be relocating to Virginia at the end of this month. This is an exciting move as my family is spread out along the East coast from New York to Florida. This is a daunting move as we’ve had a life here in Texas for 20 years and in our Keep Reading
January Classes: A Little Old…a Little New
I’ve really enjoyed the ‘project’ classes that I taught in November and December. In January I’m going to try to do a hybrid of my usual Art Foundations and the project classes. What’s the difference? Art Foundations is a true art enrichment program. I teach in a classical style using common art terms that your Keep Reading