Carol Wiebe

But sharing is tricky. My aim (need?) has always been to appear accomplished, polished. Works in progress (WIPs) are messy, half-done,...

There is something elemental about shaping images with your hands, and Deborah is a master at this. Deborah Demonstrates Touch Drawing.

This is my entry for the 2011 Grand National Quilt Show, that will take place in The Joseph Schneider Haus in Kitchener, from May 15 to...

Jean Hicks fashions some spectacular hats, which are rather like balancing a sculpture on your head. In October 0f 2011, she will be...

I love looking at color groupings, and can spend inordinate amounts of time fingering the paint samples in a building supplies store, or...

I’m not usually much of a joiner. I always have so many of my own ideas and projects on the go, that it is difficult to plug myself into...

I have been afforded some fabulous teaching opportunities, and hope that some of you will join me. I have a great passion for teaching,...

My friend Jan recently attended the One of a Kind Show in Toronto, where a mutual friend, Laurie Skantzos, has a booth displaying her...

I was thinking about what I wrote yesterday concerning my updated art journal pages. Yes, I do “read” paintings like dreams, but did my...

On my last post, I said I’d show how my journal pages had “progressed.” I specifically mentioned tomorrow, but it came and went. (What...

Carla Sonheim is teaching an online drawing class called Drawing, Collage, Color, and Silly. Here’s her scoop: Each day I will create an...

This is a wonderful story of how inspiration takes an artist, in this case Toni Cavelti,  in a new direction. Barcelona Media Design has...

A favorite activity is to grab a magazine or catalogue, and use the products, ads, or anything else inside, to generate designs. A...

I was sitting on my front porch, a place that feeds my soul, and noticed that the grape leaves behind the rocking bench were casting...

Jeane had us do a couple of art exercises that really pushed me over boundaries I felt absolutely justified in having. I like my artwork...

Trust Robert Genn to get you excited about your substandard stuff. In a letter entitled Fun with retreads, Genn explains how he reworks...

I have written about Susan Cornelis before, because her work and her words are fresh, full of energy, and never fail to lift my spirits....

I’ll admit it: I have gone crochet crazy. Again. It first happened in my early twenties and I thought I was cured. It has been under...

If you are NOT subscribed to Robert Genn‘s The Painter’s Keys, I think you are missing a lot. I have been receiving these letters for a...

I am an emotional painter. I don’t mean that I weep and wring my hands as I paint or tremble with angst. I am more of a joy seeker, a...