Word and Image
How do you feel about drawing? As a visual artist, I often start a journal page with a drawing and add words. That seems natural to me. But sometimes…
Lucinda Howe
Artist and Life Coach
How Coaching Can Help You
Are you as creative as you want to be? Let me tell you more about how creativity coaching can help you break down creative blocks and design the next phase…
My favorite journaling supplies
Start Your Visual Journal
Recently I’ve talked about drawing and painting in a journal. I keep a visual journal because language and image combine in mysterious ways. I use my journal(s) to observe the…
WWD Trees #2
6x10"
Journal page
©2023 Lucinda Howe
Journaling Again
Two weeks ago I demonstrated the beginning of a small book featuring the trees of the community where I live. This week I stood in the parking lot and drew…
Live Oaks #2
9x12 inches
Acrylic on masonite
©2023 Lucinda Howe
Live Oaks #2
The old live oaks of the South Carolina low country fascinate me with their gnarled shapes and contrast of light and shadows. This demo shows how I used a…
WWD Trees #1
6x10"
Journal page
©2023 Lucinda Howe
Journaling
This week I've started a new journal featuring the trees in the retirement community where I live. Here is a video demonstrating the process.
Live Oaks #1
9x12 inches
Acrylic on panel
©2023 Lucinda Howe
Painting in Layers
Last week I posted this painting of a live oak allée near the South Carolina coast. I started this piece after seeing a demonstration by Gerard Erly at Trenholm Artists…
Live Oaks #1
9x12 inches
Acrylic on panel
©2023 Lucinda Howe
Are You in Control?
Over the years that I’ve been studying self development, working in the corporate world, and making art, I’ve observed that there are some things we can’t control. We can’t control…
Gimme the Boots
10x8 inches
Acrylic monoprint
©2022 Lucinda Howe
How are you feeling today?
Hello friends, Welcome to 2023! If you’ve been scrolling the internet in recent weeks, you’ve read that 2022 was the best or worst of years. 2023 will be even better…
Making small adjustments
What is next?
Making a Collage
This week I'm making a nonrepresentational collage by tearing and reassembling pieces from gelli prints. I'm featuring autumn colors and textures and a cruciform (aka parallel X) composition. I'm consciously…