We have begun! I've been working on all four knees (gnees!) down to the hoofs. My inspiration is Mendhi henna tattoos. Deb's been working on the gnose, eyes and forehead. Very cool. Some of the face will eventually be in color too. Liz has been working on the shoulders. And on...

The gnude gnus are very shy and a little hesitant to step out onto Main Street. Coaxing, coaxing... he seems to like being outside. We try backing him in the door. Shelley takes control, but ends up with a bum deal. A little wistful, but I think he is adjusting to his gnu (new) home....

The characters in my rubber stamp line, The Anachronistic Castle, live in the kingdom of Ravens'more. I thought they needed a coat of arms so I designed this shield to hang in my gallery under the stamps. The finished piece has gold ribbon suspending it from a gold rod. What's Anachronistic...

I figured I couldn't hurt the plywooded floor. So I smoothed it as much as I could and zentangled it! I used Sharpie oil-based markers for the lines and then watered-down black acrylic for the shading - all covered by a coat of poly-acrylic semi-gloss finish. I also finished the railing of the...

OK, I admit I'm getting a little tired of all the "Gnu" puns! But tonight the artists and sponsors for the "Gnus of Gnu London" had a party and we got to see our gnu friends. It was pretty exciting to see the gnude gnus lined up on the...

I've repainted the yellow walls in the studio, painted some storage furniture, filled the cracks between plywood floorboards and sanded and primed... whew! So, just to up the challenge, I decided to try and sort-of match the kitchen floor tiles on the new plywooded area. (See the"before" image in the...