Hi friends! Today at 12:30pm Eastern time we are going to do something different! A poppy in pastels.
This is our reference photo:
It has been a while since I have don anything in pastel so I thought why not? You can watch the live stream or the replay in the player below but if you want to chat live you will want to watch on YouTube.
This will be a pretty quick and easy tutorial and I hope you can stop by and paint or chat! See you at 12:30pm Eastern time! Happy crafting!
PS I have a playlist of poppy painting tutorials with tutorials in watercolor, oils, acrylics, watercolor crayons and pastels if you prefer to paint it in a different medium:)
Hi friends! I have a cold and am resting up my voice today so I don’t have a new video for you but I wanted to let you know that Blitsy just announced that they are offering free worldwide shipping!
The free shipping threshold varies from country to country, I think in the US it is $29.99 but it should be displayed at the top of the homepage when you visit the site I think. Blitsy offers thousands of products on sale daily and carries all the top and trendy brands in art and craft supplies. You might find your favorite brand way cheaper, it is worth a look anyway:) Please not that above links are affiliate links:) That is it for today, I am going to rest my voice so hopefully it will be in good shape for tomorrows live show. Til then happy crafting!
Hi friends! Today I have another alcohol marker coloring tutorial and a chance to win the adorable stamp from Artneko that I used on this card!
Just leave a comment below for a chance to win, I will draw a name in one week and notify the winner by email. Watch the video below to learn how to color the image and make this easy card!
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Directions:
1. Make a 5 1/2″x4 1/4″ card base from a pinky tan shade of cardstock. Trim patterned paper scraps to 4″ wide.
2. Stamp Bunny with Memento rich cocoa ink and color with Spectrum Noir (or your favorite) alcohol pens.
3. Teat strips of paper and adhere to card base.
4. Glue burlap ribbon over card.
5. Trim or die cut bunny image and adhere with foam tape.
6. Cut foam eggs in half and glue to card.
I hope this inspired you to use what you have and make some pretty spring cards! Happy crafting!
Hi friends! There is nothing as satisfying as finishing a daunting task. This week, I completed the illustrations for Kelly Brooks-Bay’s new Book Sea Glass and the Lighthouse two whole hours before the deadline! Some revisions may be needed as par for the course but I am really pleased to have it completed.
I am also almost done decluttering my craft-room using the Konmari method. I have been filming as I worked on this monumental task of physically holding everything I owned and deciding whether to keep it or not. I am very happy with how it is going and I will be happy to give you a full report with an indexed video (so you can skip to subject you want to see) in a couple of weeks. Working on two big projects at once reminded me of some valuable lessons: 1. You can reach any goal if you are willing to work for it and 2. Persistence beats perfection. Basically, show up everyday, do YOUR best and keep at it until the job is done. There is nothing better than the feeling of finishing something. I want to know in the comments what you are working on or if you jut finished a daunting project recently. Let’s cheer each other on! Happy crafting!
It doesn’t take a lot of supplies but it is really beautiful when it is done. Watch the video to see how!
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Other: Masking or washi tape for tacking dies and stencil down
Directions:
1. Place stencil over 5″x7″ piece of white cardstock and secure with tape.
2. For each open area in the stencil stamp a design repeatedly, then use an ink brush to add more of the same color. Alternate colors in each opening until you have filled all open areas of the stencil.
3. Add stitching lines around each stencil shape. Leave the stencil in place while you do this.
4. Remove stencil and trim panel to 6 3/4″x4 3/4″ then pierce stitching lines along each edge of the panel and draw stitching lines over the dots. Adhere this panel to a 5″x7″ kraft card base.
5. Stamp sentiment and cut it out with circle dies. Adhere to card with foam tape.
6. Embellish card with sequins.
I love quilt themed cards and I had a blast designing this one, I hope you give it a try! Have a great weekend and til next time happy crafting!
Edit! The live stream was so fun today! Here is the final painting. The replay is available below!
Hi friends! This week I am in a castle collaboration with talented painters Angela Anderson and Cinnamon Cooney-The Art Sherpa! We are all painting castles! Here is a color study for the one I will be painting:
The colors I am using are: Quin Red, Cobalt Blue, Cad. Yellow Lt., Burnt Sienna, Sap Green, Yellow Ocher but you can pick whatever you have that is closest. If you are new to watercolor you can thin down acrylic paints to a watery consistency and work on paper. You do not have to worry about under-binding on paper;) Here is the reference photo for the castle but please refer to the printable pattern because I am adding more landscape area to this.
You can watch the live stream or replay in the player below but if you want to chat with fellow painters live or ask me questions during the show be sure to watch on the YouTube watch page.
Today’s Live Stream Castle Collaboration Schedule:
Hi friends! The best habit you can do to improve your art is to sketch a bit everyday. Taking just 20 minutes a day to practice will serve you better than on 2 hour session on the weekend. Think of it this way, would it be better to lift light weights for 20 minutes 5 days a week or carry a piano up a flight of stairs once a week? Daily exercise of course! Hey, if you can draw or paint for an hour a day that’s even better but for now just aim for 15-20 minutes. If you are afraid that you won’t have anything to sketch just draw what you see. I also recommend making a personalized reference file folder where you can keep photos you might want to paint or draw. I use an expandable file folder and I collect clippings from magazines, seed catalogs, computer print-outs and photographs I have taken. I have been collecting these snippets for years and I learned to do this from my art teacher who had a filing cabinet full of folders of images. I learned to draw in the pre-internet days of the 1980s so if you needed a reference image you went to your folders or the library! I find that the internet can be a massive distraction so if you can access the visual info without getting sucked into the rabbit hole all the better. So if you are wondering how you will ever find 20 minutes to sketch each day might I suggest turning off the computer or smart phone. At least that is where my time seems to get sucked away. Present blogs excluded, this is not a waste of time LOL:)
I have decided to film some of my morning warm up sketches to share my process. Feel free to sketch along! One more thing, I want to stress that drawing from life is probably the best way to understand light and form so be sure to sketch your cat or the fruit on your table or anything else you see in real life. It will make the work you do from reference photos look more authentic. Here is the reference photo I used and I chose to only sketch the duckling that was fully visible.
I added a vague puddle and stones to complete the sketch. Please not that I did not get the feet right at the start and notice what I did to adjust them during the sketch. Watercolor pencils are nice for this rework-ability but feel free to use a regular pencil if you prefer!
*Above are affiliate links to Consumer Crafts. They had the best prices on the supplies I used today!
Coming up tomorrow!
It ‘a day of live painting classes on YouTube, I have teamed up with Angela Anderson and Cinnamon Cooney to bring you a day of live painting! Angela will be live with an acrylic castle tutorial at 11am, I will follow at 12:30pm and Cinnamon Cooney (the Art Sherpa) will paint after me in acrylics! It will be a lot of fun and don’t worry, we will record our classes so you can watch them later if you can’t make it live! I am so excited to be a part of this collab. I will have more info in this tomorrow morning,til then, happy crafting!
Hi friends! I am feeling a bit under the weather today, I have a sore throat. I had two kids home sick today and the school secretary said that middle-schoolers were dropping like flies (and I chaperoned a class trip with the entire middle school Friday!) I thought while my voice held out and since it was the first day of Spring (paying no attention to the foot of snow on my lawn) that I would paint a springy picture!
This was one f of the reference pictures I asked you to vote on last week and so many of you liked it so how could I refuse!
Watch the video and sketch along! I am using watercolor pencils but you can use what you have, if graphite blend with your fingers and if wax pencil you can blend with paint thinner or leave it unblended. It is daily practice that will make you better, not a certain kind of materials:)
I am using Aquablend Pencils from Spectrum Noir. They come in sets of 24 (4 sets total-primaries, naturals, florals, essentials) with no duplicate colors between sets. Because things sell out quickly I found a few shops that have them in stock at an affordable price. *If you want all 4 sets the best price is at Hallmark Scrapbook when you buy the collection.
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If you want more spring painting tutorials in watercolor or watercolor pencils please check out my Paintings for Spring YouTube playlist! There are different length videos so you can try something according to your time and it’s free! Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
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