Rose Lynn Draws reached out to me on Instagram and asked if I wanted to do this fun collaboration with her. In this video, we both paint the same thing, from the same reference photo - just in our own way!
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This is the first time completing Inktober and also my first time doing a sketchbook tour! In this blog post you can browse all the 31 sketches I completed for Inktober 2019 and watch a video flipping through the sketchbook and chatting about some of the lessons learned and other discoveries I made during this month-long challenge.
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Today’s post is written by a guest author, the very talented Priscilla Lee! Priscilla is an artist with a beautiful, delicate sensibility. Besides calligraphy and watercolor, she is a maker of ceramic dishes and watercolor palettes. Below, she shares the story behind her journey to ceramics and the making of her handmade watercolor palettes.
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Today, I want to offer a little perspective on the question “What if I’m just not creative?” in hopes that it will begin to shift your mindset about this limiting belief. Because once you do, you’ll be able to start pursuing your creative interests. And I bet that after you start creating without self-judgement, you’ll wonder why you didn’t get started sooner.
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Here are a few reasons why I wanted to start this podcast with my good friend, Jisun Park of Everleaf Designs. If you want to give our podcast a listen, it’s called Pockets of Time.
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Today, I’d like to share with you why I started watercoloring.
We all have a story behind why the desire comes up to try something new - even something fun like watercolors. A lot of times it appears as a simple need to be creative, but more often than not, the story is deeper than that.
While I’m still hesitant to share this here on the blog, I am doing so in hopes that it inspires you to start or keep going with your creative pursuits. You never know how it will help you and where it will take you.
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In hopes of encouraging the people looking at my work and thinking “I could never do that”, I want to share my mistakes (my practice). Because we all have to make mistakes and practice before we can make something that we are proud of.
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I took an unexpected 3-month long creative break. It was just what I needed and I came to a few important realizations. In today’s blog post I share what happened when I took a long creative break, the important lessons I learned, and what I painted when I returned to creating for myself.
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One of the best things that has come out of starting this blog and sharing my own watercolor work is connecting with beginners and helping them along as they learn to work with the medium.
I especially enjoy hearing about why they chose to try watercolors and what kind of breakthroughs they are making just by painting and trying new things.
Ultimately that is the intent behind why I created my foundational online course, Just Watercolor. A belief that you just need to start painting.
My goal is to encourage beginners not just to paint with watercolors, but to believe in themselves and build the confidence to keep painting.
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So you’ve bought watercolor supplies. You know they are good supplies and you’re excited to use them. You’ve got everything out on the table. But now what…are you wondering what to do next?
If you’re sitting there wondering how to actually *start* watercoloring, I’m going to give you a few ideas in today’s blog post.
The suggestions I give below are ways of getting started with watercolors that have worked for me. There are many ways to approach starting and learning with watercolors besides what I’m suggesting, but I hope that this gives you some ideas. The methods will vary based on your own personality and how you like to learn and explore new things.
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Whether you consider yourself a skilled watercolor artist or a beginner, one thing is for certain: you’ve spent your fair share of time investigating watercolor supplies.
I’m also pretty sure about another thing: at some point in time you have thought to yourself, “if I just buy ‘X’ tool/supply/product, it’s going to make my art better”.
Which, if you’re a beginner, is often followed immediately by this thought: “Too bad I’m not good enough to be using ‘X’ supply yet.”
In this blog post, I’m going to share why you deserve to use better quality or professional grade supplies, even if you’re “just a beginner”.
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Watercolor has the reputation of being difficult. It has been know to cause feelings of frustration, defeat, and disappointment. Especially for those who are just starting out and all they want is to paint something they can be proud of.
In the beginning stages of learning, we tend to take things very seriously and put our full concentration into that subject. With painting, this can manifest in the form of control. Control works well with mediums like acrylic - where the paint acts in a predictable way. It goes where you put it and the color you see on your palette is the color you get on your paper. Watercolors don’t act that way, which means that the more you try to control them, the more difficult the experience might feel.
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