In one of Austin Kleon's recent email newsletters, he shares about David Hockney being a quarantine icon. Reading this confirmed just how appropriate inspiration Hockney's work is for this lockdown season. It is worth mentioning, too, that David Hockney, while self-quarantined in Normandy, France, continues to make art and shares his work online. I love his recent painting of daffodils titled, Do Remember They Can't Cancel Spring, which is a cheerful and hopeful piece for these trying times. He even suggests that "...people could draw at this time...Question everything..." and continued to Read More

Let's face it. It is difficult to escape our current situation, specially for those of us who are quarantined in our own homes. And while I'm avoiding having to succumb to the pressure of hyper-productivity during this stressful and mentally troubling time, I also see the wisdom in making use of all the extra hours learning new things, specially with my kids. To be honest, we are simply trying our best to go about our usual routine prior to the lockdown and working on art projects has always been part of it. It has definitely brought extra comfort and entertainment to our family in these Read More

We are in Week 3 of community quarantine! To those of you who have kids at home, I totally understand if you find yourself at your wits end, completely out of any more creative ideas to do with them at home. At the beginning of the lockdown, we worked on this project that wasn't exactly quick and easy. But I thought, we've got so much time in our hands, we might as well do something more immersive and can stretch for a longer period of time. So I'm sharing this paper mache project with you now. It's a craft technique that has been around for as long as I can remember but have only recently Read More