I recently had a question hit me about a little swoosh of watercolor that behaved wrong —which led me down the rocky road of testing. Ha! But for ...
Rocks and ripples: Combatting Watercolor Exhaustion!
Do you ever get just plain old TIRED - either after painting or doing some kind of art, or even worse, in the middle? I had that experience ...
Multicolor watercolor wash (inspired by illustrator Jon Klassen)
It's time to celebrate another children's illustrator: this time, Jon Klassen! I've loved some of his other books but today chose to use The Rock from ...
Unboxing my House of Hoffman Palette (and painting with it)
It's HEEEERE! I got on the waiting list well over two years ago for one of these beautiful handmade palettes....it's wayyy overkill for my crafty ...
Vlogging from my bathroom: Send me a card PLUS World Watercolor Month!
I haven't vlogged for some time - so let's do it on this last day of June! I've got a call for cards to put out there - as well as a little about ...
Watercolor puffins on a rocky coast
Today's project....puffins in love! These sweet puffins aer by Catherine Pooler, and I'll show you both how to paint them with dimension and give them ...
Color Block Doodling Cards (inspired by Isabelle Arsenault)
Today's set of cards was inspired by Albert's Quiet Quest's inside jacket - by Isabelle Arsenault! It's the second in my children's illustrator ...
When to watercolor with Distress Ink vs Distress Oxide
Tim challenges me from time to time - we don't chat often anymore, but....recently when I posted my "Coloring with Inks" post, he looked, and I think ...
Masking – WHILE embossing (plus watercoloring with distress inks)
Today I'm celebrating the new Ellen Hutson release - I've got a fun tutorial along with card samples I've created from some other stamps and dies, so ...
Which watercolors play nice together? Easy testing and doodling
Today's big idea: color testing, with an easy and fun way to practice mixing wet-in-wet color on the paper - and with doodles to finish it ...