The Clothesline

I am teaching a colored pencil technique on fabric for these small panels. This one is a very simple design but I did some micro stippling a...

The joke in my house is that nothing is safe from either my pencils or paints. Everything and everyone is fair game! I was getting excited a...

This last weekend we went on a garden tour of 6 houses in Riverside. The theme of this years tour seemed to be water conservation and drough...

My mom has been here since October, trying to get better. I have been caring for her along with Jennifer. When she was the sickest and I was...

Well I amazed myself at how quickly I finished this project, since I am the queen of procrastination. I like how it turned out although the ...

It's Earth Day today, and in an effort to do my part in preserving our gift I am sharing the things I am currently involved with. My gar...

These are my latest twin grandbabies and yesterday I got to spend the day with them, what a joy! photo.jpg Originally uploaded by ddhabicht

photo.jpg Originally uploaded by ddhabicht

I love to decorate, both my house and for all the holidays. I also love to have family and friends over and set a formal table, serve a huge...

I saw a picture of a friends mom and was just called to paint it. I want to paint her for in watercolor but I though...

I just love buying new art supplies, it doesn't even matter what it is, I love them. I happened to be teaching an art quilting class all...

This week on Different Strokes for different folks our challenge was to sketch the statue of Diana. This is my quick sketch, not great, cut ...

The most holiest of days, this day when Jesus rose from the grave, he became the sacrifical lamb for you and I.

photo.jpg Originally uploaded by ddhabicht Another birthday lunch!

Well I organized another Easter card exchange with one of my watercolor groups! What fun it is to get an original watercolor card from someo...

It was Dawn's birthday weekend, Mike planned this wonderful getaway at a Winery and spa. He called a bunch of her friends and asked us t...

This is my quick watercolor done from the photo she puts up as a reference. I love these challenges, she doesn't want a carbon copy of t...

I happened to be looking at the SAQA blog and was looking at some of the Call for entries. I went to Visions which is an art quilt gallery i...

I had to remove my post since I was told that we were not allowed to post any pictures of the accepted quilts until after the show. That is ...

Last night we went out to dinner with Rick and Rose to celebrate Randy's birthday. We had such a great time catching up with all th...

I finished this little quilt up a few weeks ago. It is about 24"x 24" , I hand painted it with dyes , it was inspired by a photo I...

I lost a friend the other day. Suddenly, without warning and she was gone. Its these times when we are forced to ponder more deeply than nor...

I have been cramming to finish an art quilt before the deadline. I got it done and thought I would share it here, with only my closest frien...

photo.jpg Originally uploaded by ddhabicht Marta and I had a wonderful day together at the Norton Simon Museum

I am working on some things in my studio, I have been collecting many wonderfully beautiful pods on my nature walks. I also had a wonderful ...

I love walking with Kylie and Randy. It brings things into a new light, and reminds me how beautiful life is. When I am in the car racing by...

This week we had a wonderful selection of pictures and although I started two I only finished this one so far. Sam and Amber. I got spam com...

I have been working away on my fabric line, I am very excited about it. I have so much stuff already I will be glad when they feel I have en...

I painted this goose, quickly, maybe 10 minutes. He is standing in a field of snow, next to and icy stream, looking off into the distance. S...

I love this blog called "Different strokes for different folks", its a group of artists that paint a challenge every other Wednesd...

I select 16 pictures to post and then anyone who want to participate goes in and chooses one or more to paint. You have 30 minutes to select...

This is my second in the still life duo series. I decided to move the teapot forward and add another one I like. I also decided to add the e...

LOL, it was Marta's birthday today. Dawn and I took her out for lunch at her favorite resturant. I worried that they wouldn't be ser...

Yesterday we inaugurated a new president into office. It came with much hoopla and celebration. I must admit that although I didn't vote...

Ok, so we have finally finished off all of the goodies that we never have any other time of the year. All the candy, cookies and cakes excha...

First of all, it feels unnatural to spell unnatural with two n's. Anyway, in an effort to battle the bulge and strive for a healthy life...

I just finished up this little wall hanging. Its done with paints and I hand embroidered the panels onto the fabric, then ad...

On Wet Canvas they are doing a challenge to set up just two objects and paint them, then remove one of the objects and add another. Paint ag...

Here are my sketches from today. Marta and I drove down to San Diego and met up with about 15 other artists. It was such fun catching up wit...

photo.jpg Originally uploaded by ddhabicht We arrived in San Diego to meet other artist friends for the 21st worldwide sketchcrawl...