I need salt in its many forms but the one I crave the most is from the Sea. Put me on a beach and I feel significantly different, in body, mind, and spirit. As I wrap up my school year and begin to look out towards summer I am excited to begin exploring my local beach again, combing the beach for flotsam and jetsam tangles of treasure, shells, and rocks. I have begun painting and taking a class from another artist called Ocean Alchemy all about the sea. Patterns and textures from the sea, creatures and their discards, where the land meets the sea, and rich colors to be explored. Here is the first of many more journal entries to find their way into my handmade art journal Life by the Sea

If you are looking for an online art class to inspire you, check out my mixed media class The Sea. This class is inspired by one of my favorite paintings by Van Gogh The Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, 1888.

You can also visit my Art Journal gallery to see some additional art pages HERE