India ink on gouache mono-print background. Hello! It's been a while (months!) since my last post, but I've had a good excuse: start...

One night during the early weeks following my husband's death, I listened to a radio interview with Michelle Obama promoting her most re...

Happy Spring! For everything there is a season . . . A time to write, and a time to paint. A time to be totally inspired and a time to compl...

  At last! I'm so happy to announce the opening  of my Etsy Shop:  Valerie Storey Designs "Inspired by the past, created for today....

  Quick pastel pencil and watercolor study on Arches paper. 20 minutes. Stay creative every day. It's a great idea, but how do you reall...

© commonstockphotos / dreamstime.com   As much as it would be great to erase 2020, it's a good thing I can't. The year taught me m...

  © creativecommonstockphotos / dreamstime.com Happy 2021! What are you going to write or make this year? Whatever it is, a good way to get ...

Gesture drawings on newsprint using my favorite Koh-i-Noor Magic Pencil   Way back in January 2020 when the world was a bit more normal I di...

My Creativity Kit to Go . . . somewhere . . . anywhere . . . Been anywhere exciting lately ? No? Me either. So far this past week, t...