One of my best garden purchases during 2023 was that of several small hardy mum plants. Supposedly, I bought several colors, but the pink variety flourished. The plants grew tall and they reproduced abundantly. During January of 2024, my garden suffered a crippling freeze. It sleeted for two days and the temperature dropped to the…
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Perennials I Plan to Add to My Garden
American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) Height: 36-72″ tall (3-4 ft) Image Credit: American Meadows Aster ‘Purple Dome’ (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) – 3 Plants Image Credit: American Meadows Height: 36-48″ tall (3-4 ft) Baptisia Wild Blule (Baptisia australis) Image Credit: American Meadows Height: 36-48″ tall (3-4 ft) White Baptisia or False Indigo (Baptisia alba) IImage Credit: American Meadows…
How to Create A Pollinator Garden in Mississippi: A Plant List
Biosystems Engineer and Native Garden Expert Nate Venarkse recommended the preceding video and he said: “if you want to stick to MS native plants with the same design, you’d need white false indigo and downy pagoda mint instead of purple false indigo and Agastache.” Nate Venarske, Facebook Post White False Indigo Purple Coneflower Butterfly Weed…
How to Use Procreate: Step 2 for Very First Beginners – Learn to Use the Pencil Brushes
Child in a T-Shirt – Jacki Kellum Drawing in Procreate My number one go-to pencil for Procreate is the 6B pencil, which you can find under the hood of the Sketch brushes. At the highest intensity, the 6B pencil makes a dark mark, but if you reduce the opacity of the brush, you can create…
How to Draw a Cartoon Head Looking Forward Straight Ahead
Cartoon Drawing Challenge 1: Use a regular school pencil and a piece of computer paper, and draw this cartoon head. Follow these steps: Step 1: Sketch the Outline of the Basic Shape of the Head Step 2: Add the Guides for the Placement of the Facial Features Keep in Mind that the Hat Camouflages the…
How to Use Procreate: Step 2 for Very First Beginners – Learn to Use the Technical Pen for Drawing & Inking
Drawing in Pencil and Inking Require Different Tools and Approaches in Traditional Art. The Same is True for Working in Procreate. Cow – Jacki Kellum Traditional Pencil Drawing Rabbit – Jacki Kellum Pencil Drawing Created in Procreate Eagle – Jacki Kellum Inked Drawing Created with the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator Traditionally speaking, Inked Drawings…
The Famous Artists Cartoon Course – Lesson 1: The Comic Head
I was born in 1950, and I was reared in a small, rural farm community. But that didn’t keep my dad from studying cartooning. He was one of the original students of the Famous Artists Cartoon Correspondence Course, and I grew up copying pages out of his workbooks. That’s how I learned to draw. I’m…
How to Use Procreate: Step 1 for Very First Beginners – Create a New Canvas and/or a Custom Canvas
Option 1 to Open A Canvas in Your Gallery: To Create A Custom-Sized Canvas, Follow These Steps: Click on the Plus Sign Again Click on the Smaller Plus Sign Below the Larger One Enter the DImensions of the Canvas You Desire Note: For Artwork and/or Pieces that You Will Print, Create Your Custom Canvas with…
Journal to Slay Perfectionism and Its Sidekick Fear
Once again, I am fighting my nemesis Procrastination. In a way, my journal entry for today alluded to the way that my procrastination has pervaded my life: The sun is peeking from behind the clouds, casting shadows across the icy snow. The light behind–shadows ahead. My world has been paralyzed by ice and cold. –…