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May 24
1 min

Cat Drawing Part 2

This week's video is about adding value to your cat drawing. Value defines the lights and darks of an image. You can use one pencil or ma...

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May 17
1 min

How to Draw a Cat

A little over a week ago, I received a viewer's request to demonstrate how to draw a cat. Thank you! I love hearing from my viewers! I de...

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May 9
1 min

For Your Mom

Happy Favorite Friday! One of my favorite things to do is to make a special card for someone I love. As a kid, I didn't have a job, so th...

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May 1
1 min

The Gallery Show

It is a Favorite Friday, and seeing what you create is an absolute favorite of mine. Thank you for sharing your images! Seeing and enjoyi...

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Apr 28
1 min

A Gallery Video

For this week's creative project, I have a request. Albert Einstein said, "Creativity is contagious, pass it on." I agree. So, in the spi...

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Apr 24
1 min

Playing with Plumerias

Happy Favorite Friday! One of my favorite flowers to draw is a Plumeria. These flowers make me smile:) I have a Plumeria tree in my front...

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Apr 21
1 min

A Paper Dragon Adventure

Dragons are cool creatures that inspire one's imagination! Project #10 transforms a folded paper bird into an adventurous dragon. Before ...

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Apr 15
1 min

Big Money

Today is tax day, April 15th. As a child, I can recall having many different boxes or cups to serve as personal banks for saving treasure...

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Apr 14
1 min

A Reality Check

When I started making daily creative posts to share during the COVID-19 stay-at-home restriction, I was determined to post a new video ea...

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Apr 14
1 min

Start Your Engines!

Today's project was inspired by one of my regular art students, Ryken. Ryken loves to draw cars! When he has a moment to free draw, he is...

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Apr 9
1 min

Hoppin' Thumbprints - Project #7

With the Easter weekend beginning tomorrow, today's project will be the final one this week. So, I thought it would be fun to kick off th...

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Apr 8
1 min

Drawing a Honu - Project #6

Honu drawings are so much fun to do! Honu is the Hawaiian word for a sea turtle. Once while snorkeling at Haunama Bay, a honu surprised m...

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Apr 7
1 min

Dive into Earth's Wonders

Art is a wonderful way to explore the beauty of nature. With April being Earth month, I thought we could venture into the ocean for proje...

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Apr 6
1 min

The Power of Seeing - Project #4

Today's project is all about seeing. In drawing, seeing is the most important skill to develop. If you can see it, you can draw it. Takin...

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Apr 3
1 min

Favorite Friday - Project #3

Fridays are for celebrating our favorite things. Today is a line drawing of your favorite shoes. My favorite shoes are my Old Skool Black...

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Apr 2
1 min

"Origami Frog Olympics" - Project #2

My first encounter with origami was when I was about 10 years old. My family and I lived on 10 acres of land on the outskirts of a Texan ...

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Apr 1
1 min

Daily Creative Projects Begin

Aloha! We may be staying at home to thwart the spread of COVID-19, but that can't stop us from being creative! Making things makes me hap...

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Nov 22, 2019
2 min

CREATING SVEN

For the past 3 years, I have dabbled in set design and prop creation for the annual production of the Children’s Theater of Oahu, where m...

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Oct 8, 2019
2 min

3 Ways "Hanging With Calder" Will Be EPIC!

On Saturday, October 26th, children ages six and up have the opportunity to participate in an EPIC Art day camp, "Hanging With Calder," i...

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