Hello and welcome to my corner of the internet! My name is Katie and I’m a watercolor artist and calligrapher.

Since you’re here, I’ll go ahead and introduce myself quickly and concisely. Quickly, because I tend to get carried away with fiddly perfectionism, and concisely because I don’t want to bore you. Oops, too late? Ah, well.  

I’m a wife, mother, calligrapher, and artist. I’m here for one reason, which is to glorify God to the best of my ability. For me, that means mostly being a mom. Homework, chores, board games, building robots, and cooking. Sometimes we play catch in the house. Don’t worry, we haven’t broken anything too expensive yet.

Glorifying God to the best of my ability also (in my case) means making lots of art. My art journey really started twice. Once when I was just a wee kiddo, doodling and sketching cartoon characters and strangely proportioned animals out of the pure joy of creating, and then again a few years ago when my son and I sat at the kitchen table struggling through an advanced Youtube tutorial of a watercolor oceanscape together (his idea).

Neither of us had any idea of what we were doing. We watched the Youtube teacher expertly wet his paper, wet his brush, apply the paint, and move it around with finesse. His art was inspiring, a beautiful scene of the ocean with a pinky orange sunset glittering in the water. Birds mysteriously appeared on the horizon. Clouds twisted expertly through in the sky and astonishingly liquid waves broke up the endless blue in pleasing patterns with dots of white foam marking the shoreline. All in all, it took him about an hour to paint.

Our own pictures took a little longer. At the end of several agonizing hours, after multiple stops for moral boosts and snacks, I decided we were done. Our results were not disastrous, honestly, but only barely.

We agreed that it was fun, no matter how it ended up.

And it was.

It was a fun, sloppy, paint filled afternoon, and it sparked something in me.

My son and I did some easier tutorials after that: some dinosaurs, some forests, and an aurora over a winter scene. His favorite was a watercolor watermelon slice, pinky patches of liquid summer pitted with hard, shiny seeds like little exclamation marks. They all were just as fun, and I began to slowly learn. I don’t know exactly when I began to learn the paint in watercolor moves like magic, depending a lot on accurate levels of water on paper and how your color-soaked brush sweeps over it, but begin to learn I did.  Though we tried several other tutorials, there was always something about that vibrant, moody watercolor sunset over the ocean that stuck in my brain cells. That was certainly the moment I knew I was hooked. I had to know how to do it.

Two years later, and I’m still chasing that magic. I’ve learned a lot about brushes and paper, practiced a lot, taken many classes, and read a lot of art books, but it seems the more I learn the more I don’t know. That’s a good thing though, I’ve heard. I would love to make things a little less daunting for others, so as I learn I expect to pass along lots of tips and reviews of sources I’ve found useful. Consider this my official invitation to journey alongside me as I learn new skills and hone old ones! 😊

On this page you can also expect lots of watercolor and calligraphy tips, projects, and even some creative ideas for entertaining wiggly kids. If you search my website, you may find several half-baked ideas in the works (though not as many as are currently flying around in my brain!), so please excuse that, like the kind generous person I know you are. I’m looking forward to eventually making this site a place where you can learn if you’d like, shop if you like, or be inspired when you may be stuck. Everyone has to start somewhere!  

And just in case you were wondering, contacting me to make you something unique and custom designed especially for you or a loved one would completely make my day. Looking forward to it!

-Katie