Author: Chessie Writer Artist
Writer and artist in the Tidewater region of Virginia
Write what you know, paint what you’re passionate about
Struggling with colored pencils on textured paper? An easy tip to make it work
Professional vs student grade colored pencils…is the extra cost worth it? See how my opinion was changed
Bokeh effect fail…or maybe not? How I kept going and surprised myself
Three attempts at following a YouTube watercolor tutorial…& what I learned along the way
An economical alternative to a camera lucida–but does it work?
Hope revisited
Inspired, humbled, and calling it done
Chessie art and crafts 