Hello Friends and Happy Weekend! I am actually offline this long holiday weekend enjoying time with my family but I have you covered with some fun tutorial I’ve saved for a rainy day.
This pretty goldfinch is easy to draw and paint, watch my tutorial too see how:
I hope you get a chance to do some painting this weekend! If you are in the mood for some more in depth painting projects please check out the tutorials for sale in my shop.
Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
The Frugal Crafter Blog 
You are truly an artist. Wonderful little finch that looks just like the ones at my feeder.
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Wonderful tutorial Lindsay! Thank you for sharing with us. Enjoy your weekend.
Elaine Allen
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Beautiful Lindsay, Thanks for sharing your techniques.
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I’ve never painted anything, but watching you gives me hope. The thing I enjoy most is the mental gymnastics required to follow and make the connections as your brain speeds around faster than the speed of light. Love it! Thanks so much for sharing your talent for so many things. By the way…. are you planning on doing some Christmas card tutorials? Would love to see that.
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Yes, I uploaded a video on painting a pinecone and tassel Christmas card the other day, I will blog it in a day or two or you can go to my youtube channel and watch it now:) http://www.youtube.com/user/thefrugalcrafter
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Amazing work Lindsay….I bought a beginner set and hope to play while recovering from surgery!!! Thanks for sharing – sooooo inspiring!!!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
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Jan! Is everything all right? surgery? Hope it all goes well, take care:)
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How wonderful! This is so beautiful and i had no idea how to begin such a project. Thank you for sharing your talents.
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lol!! you kill me Lindsay….problems with the paper towel and the paint….I LOL so hard my headset fell off, almost sending my laptop flying! It’s contagious….love the painting and drawing upside down…you really are killing me….have a great looooooong week-end (I’m guessing Columbus Day?) being Canadian it’s our Thanksgiving Day long weekend….enjoy!!!
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Ah-ha! That must be why I spent my weekend in the white mountains with half of Quebec LOL!
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I absolutely love your watercolor videos! Can’t wait to try this one! 🙂
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Wow, LIndsay, it takes special talent to paint upside down! Enjoyed watching the process. Thanks for posting!
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Oh that’s beautiful! We don’t have American goldfinches here in the UK, but our European ones are very pretty too.
I’ll definitely try this one but I need a few more colours first – I have one of those cheap little tin boxes with 12 or so colours (given to me many years ago by one of my teachers at school) and I’m missing mauve and sap green. The light green I have looks a little bright and artificial and isn’t right for vegetation somehow.
Thanks again Lindsay!
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remember that you can mix your colors (blue plus yellow for green, ad a bit of red or brown if it is too bright) don’t let not having the right color premade stop your creativity!
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I am thoroughly enjoying all of your tutorials…they’re great. Have you ever painted with alcohol inks? I mean a real painting…not just ink blobs! I would be interested on seeing some techniques for creating a real painting using those…not just an abstract ink blot! Also do you ever do polymer clay? I am still trying to figure out faux batik using white glue. If you have any insights I would appreciate them.
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i have with india ink: http://youtu.be/ioQbTVSZPts alcohol ink is best suited to non pourous surfaces but you can use the same techniques I used here, maybe paint on a white tile?
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Will try this watercolor
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Hi lindsay you are great I look forward to every email and have been enjoying your old videos also keep it up we love you hilary
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I LOVE your tutorials! Thank You sooo much! I just turned 50, have wanted to watercolor for ever! I forgot how much I enjoyed drawing, and the watercolor….I love it! Thank You for introducing me to something I really enjoy! ❤
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