The writer reflects on a stressful week, including jury duty and personal challenges, while finding solace in the song "One Day at a Time, Sweet Jesus." She shares a video of her singing that song and playing it on guitar, a continuation of her journey to learn how to play.…
The author shares their journey of learning guitar and creating a unique cover of a meaningful song, "How Great Thou Art." A touching experience at a nursing home highlights music's power, inspiring the author. They also discuss their oil painting progress and interactions with neighborhood birds while singing, emphasizing nature's…
If it seems my guitar is a bit out of tune, it probably is. After last week’s unfortunate incident with the broken string, I decided not to try to tune it just before filming for the blog! You might remember that last week I had to play ukulele instead. Today…
In this blog post, the author shares updates on their journey learning guitar and ukulele alongside painting a guitar. They discuss their approach to chord learning, using color-coded notes and online resources. Despite challenges like breaking a guitar string, they remain determined. The post concludes with a teaser for future…
The "Guitar and Painting" blog series starts today, featuring the author's journey in learning guitar and creating artwork inspired by it. After switching to a left-handed guitar, she is enjoying the process, despite only mastering four chords. The series will document both her musical and artistic growth while sharing personal…
Oil painting of my daughter Cassie – she loves books and reading, and would like to work as a librarian one day. See the short 2 minute time lapse video below to watch me paint this art. This painting will be added to “People and Places” vol 2, part of…
Watch me paint this in the short minute & a half time-lapse video below. The video begins with the first layer already done (I call it “blocking” when I paint all of the elements of the painting and then later build upon it with texture and details). This painting was…
Oil painting by artist Natalie Buske Thomas "Alabama Landscape". Watch Natalie paint this art in less than 2 minutes (time lapse video). New painting for September 2022.
If you’ve been following the progress of my new oil painting “Walking in Rain Puddle”, you’ll be happy to know that it is now finished and you can see the whole thing in the 2 minute time lapse video (above). The beautiful song in the video is called “Where Can…
Well, it’s time to get back to work on the new painting in progress. Normally I wait until the painting is finished before sharing, but sometimes I share each session at a time so that you can see the progress (in the time lapse video above). If you missed Session…