The past few years, I have written an annual summary post at the end of the year. 2020 has certainly toppled a lot of expectations for how the year should have gone. Most everybody felt a lot of negative events versus positive. Myself included. Here’s my attempt at wrapping the year 2020. The short story... Continue Reading →
Art on Masks
You can now buy my art on masks. What a weird time to be alive? I’ve had the designs up for awhile now. I never really thought several months ago that we would be in global pandemic. Enough time has passed that it’s become “the new normal” and masks are slowly becoming more commonplace. I’m... Continue Reading →
Learning Water Soluble Oil Paints
I taught a painting class this semester and one of the materials that were used was water soluble oil paints. Having never used the paints before, I was a little intimidated by the possible learning curve. I actually bought a set for myself and because of this intimidation factor, I never touched the paints for... Continue Reading →
Adobe Education Exchange: Adobe Lightroom
So if you have been following my blog, you know that I have been taking classes/workshops with the Adobe Education Exchange. I've had a Creative Cloud subscription for about a year and I wanted to learn all the programs that come with it. It's been great to learn the basics in a class setting. Every... Continue Reading →
New Art: Skull #11 (Crystals)
See the process for my latest skull artwork!
Megan Frau Store Launch!
Annnnnnnddddd I'm back! I didn't mean for there to be a hiatus, but summer has a way of siphoning my time. I'm making up for this by posting weekly for the next few weeks in order to catch up! In the meantime, I have finally launched my store! You can purchase older orginal paintings and... Continue Reading →
Finish what you started, part 1
I have a bad habit. I have a passion for starting projects. The idea stage is so thrilling. The execution of the idea... not so much. Work is hard (duh!), and I get bogged down by the process. There have been several paintings where I've done this for one reason or another. Sometimes other demands... Continue Reading →
Pushing Up Daisies paint process
Last month I gave a preview of what's to come, a new painting! For March, I have a painting included in La Bodega's Venus Exhibition, which was very exciting to be a part of last year. This year was no different.
Practice, Patterns, and Blogging
It's a new year and it's already February. I meant to post last week, but I've been busy working on my new goals the past few weeks/months. So far, it's a slog, but I'll get to that. Practice makes perfect?A few years ago, I listened to an art podcast where the interviewer talked about how... Continue Reading →
New Year, new site (and more!)
Here's to a new year! I made a bunch of changes to the art page and blog. It seems fitting that the new year is starting when I decided to scrap all the old blog and website and start fresh.