Posted on February 2, 2020 by thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
Hi friends! Today I am drawing a mixed media portrait of Sabrina Spellman (aka Sabrina Morningstar) from the Netflix show The Chilling Tales of Sabrina. This character is originally from the Archie comics and I absolutely love the new show!
Honestly, I’m not really happy with how this turned out but that’s life, sometimes you love your work and other times it’s meh. You always learn something though and often it is in the work we are not happy with that we learn the most. I hope you enjoy the time-lapse.
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I think the best way to spend winter is by staying inside and painting! Maybe I’ll see you in one of my classes! I just realized that it’s Groundhogs Day and I think he predicts an early spring, I hope so but until them you can find me inside painting. How about you? Happy crafting!
Posted on January 29, 2020 by thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
Hi friends! Before we get into today’s craft I want to let you know that I have not been blogging every video that I have posted to YouTube lately. I am totally planning to but I have been very distracted for some reason and it had slipped my mind on several occasions to blog the near daily video projects here. So if you are looking for new projects to try and not seeing them on my blog please check out my YouTube channel until I get my act together:)
Today we are going to play with all of those goodies in our stash. Please don’t feel like you need the exact stuff I have, this is a use what YOU have project (feel free to raid the kids craft stash if you need to as well) and we will all end up with happy unique little projects! The inspiration for this project was the cute postage stamp from Carabelle studios. They hosted a challenge for the month of December and I heard about it on the last day and was bummed that I didn’t know about it to take part. I decided better late than never and I would make us some of these fun mini works of art and use them to embellish a card because I always need birthday and thank you cards on hand. Feel free to run with any ideas and techniques you learn i the video, there are a ton!
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Just a reminder if you are using the Stampendous Creative Palette instead of a Gel Press or Gelli Arts plate to no let the paper completely dry. On the Creative Palette letting it sit for 5-10 minutes will suffice. Longer than that and it might stick ad rip the paper. I have not used any other plates so if you are unsure of how yours will react go for less time. I don’t want to see all your hard work go to waste:) Do you have any supply in particular gather dust that you want to put to use? This is the perfect project to try it out on! I hope this inspired you and til next time happy crafting!
I loved the acting by Elizabeth Moss so much that I decided to draw her portrait for sketchbook Sunday. You can see the time lapse below. A real-time version of this tutorial will be available in Critique Club in a couple of days.
Supplies (May contain affiliate links)
Ohuhu Brush markers *I used colors from the 72 set and the soon to be released skin tone set.
If you are new to drawing and would like an in-depth beginner drawing class consider my online course Learn to Draw with Lindsay where I teach you how to draw what you see without gimmicks. You can learn more about it here. Have a creative week!
Posted on November 2, 2019 by thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
Hi friends! I did it, 31 drawings in 31 days! I am so glad I finished Inktober this year because I noticed improvement from day 1 to day 31. You can see the drawing in today’s video and learn a bit about the process. It’s long and chatty so be forewarned:)
I kept to my theme of drawing hands and also went with the Inktober prompts. With those strict guidelines I allowed myself some leeway with the supplies I used. They all contained some ink even if it was just a scant outline. Here are my go-to supplies but others were used as well.
Day 28 prompt “Ride” I use black fine-liner and watercolors with colored pencil accents on this.Day 29 “Injured” This was alcohol marker, black fine liner and pen and colored pencil accents.Day 30 “Catch I wanted to do a mystical scene (catch a falling star meets crystal ball fortune teller) I used fine-liner to outline my hand sketch and ball and painted the background with 2 layers of black watercolor, then lifted out smaller circles and added metallic watercolors and flicked on metallic watercolors for the background. I used watercolors, colored pencil and metallic watercolors on the hand. I like to draw watches, several of my hands were wearing watches, I rarely wear a watch tho LOL!Day 31 “Ripe” I drew a smelly sock (hubby’s idea!) but I wish I went with more of an athletic looking sock and used wavy lines rather than swirly flourishes for the stink-lines. I had to add flies to make sure I got the “stink” across. I used alcohol markers with colored pencil and acrylic pen accents.
I had to take a day off after Inktober and honestly I felt a bit of a let down not having a challenge to work on so I decided for November I am going to do a mini oil painting a day. I used to paint in oils all the time and I have loads of small canvas panels. Maybe some of them will be nice enough to give as Christmas gifts. I think I will shoot for 5 days a week, not every day because I would really like to take a day off per week. If you have been wanting to challenge yourself and grow as an artist I highly recommend trying a monthly challenge. There are so many to find online. If you would like to join a small group of artists that are growing their skills and get feedback from me on your current work check out my Critique Club and see if that is right for you. We would love to have you!
Did you do inktober? Let me know what you think below and til next time keep creating!
Posted on September 22, 2019 by thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich
Hi friends! I went to visit my sister last week and my nephew picked me these pears from her pear tree. They were sitting on my windowsill and I thought they were to pretty to eat at least until I got a chance to paint them (they were delicious by the way!)
You can find the 1 hour and 25 minutes real-time tutorial in Critique Club. Critique Club is a membership group that allows you to upload 2 original paintings per month for an in-depth critique from me and gives you two intermediate/advanced long tutorials each month. Members also have access to past real-time tutorials posted for Critique Club Members. Critique Club costs $5 a month and you can cancel anytime. If you want to grow as an artist and have access to more advanced tutorials please check it out:)
Spatter tool (or use an old art dedicated toothbrush)
I hope you enjoyed this Sketchbook Sunday time-lapse! Remember the real time tutorial can be found in Critique Club and members get access to all past Critique Club tutorials as well so there will be lots to keep you creating! I am enjoying seeing my artists grow in the group and I’d love to have you join us. Thanks for your support! Happy crafting!
