Art-a-Day

These little 5x7 scratchboards are fun to do to get the creative juices started in the morning. I do get some mighty smudgy hands when done ...

DAY 4: Her eyes look a bit more defined once I added color to the scratchboard. Day 2: Original scratched drawing, using a 5x7 scratchb...

I just modified this post to show the scratchboard in it's original format before painting. Then here she is--my first day of the n...

This scratchbord is titled "Rebirth". It represents the part of us that wants to fly free and become something more. I have se...

Scratchbord art titled "Rooted in Possibility"... I may yet add a bit of red to this one. I love the shape of radishes, the inspir...

So I ran out of the black scratchbords, but did find this small 4x4 claybord. I coated it with prussian blue watercolor ink and after lett...

Titled "To Thine Own Self", this final piece of the black scratchbord series started with flat, twisted linguine noodles. I like...

Might as well post a few more while the night is still young. This one was a more real representation of ... (you guess it--my favorite im...

I played with a few more textures represented by patterns here. This one is titled Breaking Open. My heart was aching for my friend who rec...

Ok here is my next installment. I'm on a roll here. These are small images - only 5x7 in size. They fit nicely in the hand so you can ...

I love this art form - black scratchbord. I buy it online...don't think it is available locally. It is hardbord (masonite) with a fired ...