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Watercoloring a campfire…and discussing the artistic process (plus weekend sales!)
Today’s tutorial isn’t totally about the painting process here, though you get to see it happen….but it’s more about my own process of learning to paint something in nature, and how hundreds of studies can then make their way into painting a portion of a painting like this “out of my head.” TWO SALES: 1….
I’VE BEEN DRAWING THIS ALL WRONG FOR YEARS.
I had a real DUH moment. Seriously. I’ve been drawing and coloring fire wrong for ages! I feel a little better that it’s not just me. It’s artists all over the web, in all genres. Just look up how to draw fire and you’ll see. Pinterest is covered with them! Which, of course, means that…
Drawing a tiger with tiny rubber stamps (Endangered Species Day)
To celebrate (mourn?) Endangered Species Day – let’s make a tiger. Out of itty bitty teeny weeny stamps! Psst a project for you On Monday I posted some easy ways you can use your tiny stamps – one of which is a nod to tomorrow’s Endangered Species Day holiday. Download them HERE and color them…
3 ways to stretch tiny rubber stamps
If you’ve collected rubber stamps at all, you have a lot of tiny images. Some are just small ones within big sets, others are planner stamps or full sets of intentionally little ones. You can use them with others in their sets – or turn them into projects of their own! Any brand works –…
Peace, Love, and Art Challenge!
It’s Friday the 13th but I’m not playing the unlucky game. Instead, I’ve got another of my crazy epic works today – this one is about 12″ x19″! It was quite an epic thing, and I honestly had little faith it would work. I planned for just watercolor, and did the first wash…but once I…
Wash & Ink Class: Free demo
Hello and happy Monday! I have a little liquid sunshine to share with you today – in the form of yellow watercolor flowers and some pen and ink work. The lesson is one that almost ended up in my new Wash & Ink class, but since the mini classes have five lessons something had to…
