Alice’s art

O is for olive ointment on the ocean…

Okay (that’s an O word)…. maybe not, but it’s still fun alliteration. And it’s good to be open to the opportunities, no matter what the opportunities may be, even just making up random alliterations. Speaking of which, tomorrow is a “P” day and “P” stands for “poem,” so you might see some fun alliteration tomorrow. […]

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Labels are for jars, not people

That’s not original to me. I heard it somewhere. Mostly, it has to do with challenging the idea that people with intellectual disabilities are somewhat less than the rest of us. In the past, many of them were stuck in large institutions, where they were warehoused, rather than educated. But it gets worse than that.

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Imagination, come back!!!

After painting eight wooden eggs, I was starting to feel as if inspiration had fled. Nevertheless, I decided to paint three wooden eggs today, even though I had absolutely no plan in mind for them. Unfortunately, my creativity was taking a nap… I looked at the eggs and blanked out. I didn’t have a clue…

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D is for drawing doodles with vivid color

In today’s blog post, I’m going to talk about four color-related things. I made another painting with the matte pastels on canvas, and I attempted to create a color wheel within the center of the flower, but it really didn’t work well. Which is okay. The goal of daily practice is to sharpen skills, not

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A is for abstract with alice

Happy April! This month brings another edition of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge, along with the annual Blogging from A to Z challenge, always held in April. This year, I’m collecting challenges like my dad used to collect stamps. Yes, my dad was quite the stamp collector and he and I bonded over the stamps that

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