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Painting, mixed media

Drawing What You See: The Shapes of Snowy Branches

February 24, 2025 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Tree branches covered with snow out in the woods

I have had drawing on my mind lately, since I am working through a drawing class. It was on my mind while out in the woods and changed the way I saw the snowy trees.

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Flowers & Hatchings Part 2: Finished Work

December 19, 2024 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Back in September, I signed up for a floral ink drawing class and finally finished the first flower. There is both good and room for improvement!

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Flowers and Hatchings

November 30, 2024 by Rayna Diane Hennen

the magnolia flower in progress

On a whim, I signed up for a floral ink drawing class. I forgot how much I liked to draw and am surprised at how much I am still able to draw as it has been a while!

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What does it mean to make marks?

May 10, 2024 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Close up of art journal - sketched flowers, painted pink with white background

What does it mean to make marks? And is it true that we each have marks that are unique and recognizable to us? I was skeptical but it turns out, it could be true.

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Beauty is in the Textured Details

August 28, 2023 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Why I love the contrast of humans and nature

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Sometimes a Page Just Falls Together Easily

May 24, 2023 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Sometimes an art journal spread takes a while, sometimes it’s just waiting there for you to find it!

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In a Holiday Crafting Mood

December 27, 2021 by Rayna Diane Hennen

close up of christmas oven mitt red poinsettia on white background with a white fabric cuff and red star-like trim

I channeled the holiday mood into being crafty, knitting a large pillow and some upcycled oven mitts.

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Garrison Art Tile

November 23, 2021 by Rayna Diane Hennen

A year-long art journaling course gave me the courage to answer an Instagram post calling for entries from a little art gallery near me.

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5 Things I’ve Learned from Wanderlust 2021 (So Far)

May 21, 2021 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Image of art journal spread of flowers, a fence and a tree

A guided course in art journaling not only helps me create more art, it expands my thinking and possibilities.

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Painting: All because of a little catalog scrap…

April 23, 2016 by Rayna Diane Hennen

I love learning how other artists work, see their process unfold. I love all processes really – I love that show on the Discovery Channel How it’s Made. What I am learning to do now, besides paint, is learn to enjoy my own process, even though I don’t know what that this completely. The work of getting the greens right the first time and then redoing it the second time

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Welcome to October! Welcome to October!
Sometimes the loveliest photos are found by lookin Sometimes the loveliest photos are found by looking down at your feet! A birch root surrounded by moss/lichen.

#birchroot #birch #mosssporophytes
I love contrast, like flowers against something ma I love contrast, like flowers against something manmade. This image of a fence post with golden yellow flowers  was taken in Ennis, Montana along a dirt road. 

#flowerphotography #chamisa #rubberrabbitbrush
Lunch is served! 😄 I like how it turned out. Look Lunch is served! 😄  I like how it turned out. Looks pretty much how I thought it would, which is a moment to celebrate because so many times, especially when you're learning , things don't always turn out the way you want them to.

Also, I apparently associate summer with picnics and ants, even though I honestly don't picnic very much. In the second photo, is a very early art journal picnic spread. The blanket is made with the squares from a knitting magazine and other magazine clippings.

#mixedmedia #artjournaling
Newsletter creativity and cringe Our strengths ca Newsletter creativity and cringe

Our strengths can also be our weaknesses. One of those things about me that is both annoying and awesome is I'm pretty honest about stuff. Like whatever I'm going through or sitting and listening to what someone else is going through, I mean, I've had some heavy conversations over a beer with strangers in a bar. 🤷‍♀️ When you're not up for that I'm sure it's like oh God here comes rayna hide!!

So here's the thing. This – this art sharing stuff – is really hard for me. Scientifically speaking, your brain can't actually tell the difference between a lion and a paint brush (cool cool.) so I thought I'd just break the ice and own how cringey I feel about it 🤣  and also my brain: 🦁 😱

And then a number of you are friends which is actually harder to share with than strangers – truth! and not uncommon for people to feel that way – but also – 'preciate ya! as they say in football.

On that note, please join me further on my journey of creativity and cringe (and my love of alliteration) by signing up for my monthly newsletter. And hopefully, later on, we can look back together and be like, wow, yeah, you've come a long way! I can't believe you shared that early stuff... 😬🤞

Sometimes they’ll be a little “heavier”, some will be a little lighter. Look – I have no idea where this is going so be sure to bring snax. 🍿 🍫

Link in the bye-oh as one of my fave authors likes to say. K bye! 👋

#creativityandcringe
on occasion, i go completely out of my usual type on occasion, i go completely out of my usual type of art and create these graphic pages. i do remember doodling stuff like this on the inside of my binders in jhs and hs.
The transition to fall can be a bit of a let down The transition to fall can be a bit of a let down after a summer full of blooms but I truly love little bits of decay as things start to break down. 

#fallfloral #atouchofdecay #floraldecay #falltakeshold
There is a beautiful campground in VT - Silverlake There is a beautiful campground in VT - Silverlake State Campground. The campsites are all tucked into the actual shape of the land instead of rows of campsites next to each other.

If you get up early-ish, the fog sits on the lake (second image) and creates some dreamy but sort of eerie images. 

#purpleaster #aster #floralphotography
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