In October, the topic Autumns Leaves using negative painting.

If you aren't sure what negative painting using watercolors is, then all you need to do is google or search on YouTube: "Negative Painting Watercolors" and you'll see lots of wonderful examples!

I had a feeling that this dog portrait would receive less entries than our typical challenge month, and so far it’s looking that way!

Heck, I procrastinated on it a little bit too. But...here it is! I hope that it inspires you or helps you to see how you might try approaching this month’s challenge painting as well if you haven’t tried it out already!

Sometimes when I sit down to paint, I feel pretty darn good about it. Then there are other times when I get a feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach that I label as “worry”.

Sometimes I only get a momentary bit of worry that I am able to push away. That’s what happened when I sat down to paint this month’s August challenge.

I haven’t spent much time studying or painting beach landscapes. So, it goes without saying that I was a little intimidated myself when I decided to pick this ocean and wave reference photo for the July Paint With Me Challenge!

In this post, I’m sharing a simple loose watercolor exercise painting a feather. I hope you give it a try and that you enjoy following along!

When painting this month’s Paint With Me Challenge painting, I wasn’t sure if I left out *too* much detail when painting the cantaloupes. I asked a few friends and it seems like the melons are still recognizable! It was a good reminder of how little information we need in order to understand what something is.

In this blog post, I share the process behind both of my attempts to achieve a loose watercolor look for the foliage on the orange tree from May’s Paint With Me Challenge.

It is because of the chaos that I believe we need forms of solace (like creating) more than ever. Watching the news beyond getting the facts brings me down. There’s so much that is out of my control. But when I sit down to paint, I can spend more time in a space of joy and wonder rather than fear and anxiety. In this post, I’m sharing the video process of my April Paint With Me Challenge painting.

In this post, I’m sharing my second attempt at March’s Paint With Me Challenge, painting bougainvilleas.

February 2020’s #paintwithmechallenge is a doorway! Follow along as I share my painting process for this ink and wash watercolor piece.

The photo I picked this month for the Paint With Me Challenge features reflections in a lake. I always find that when I’m painting reflections, I never quite know how it will turn out!

This was a great way for me to get some practice in! I’m excited to see what everyone else paints this month too!

It’s the first month of the Paint With Me monthly challenge and I did a winter watercolor painting! In this post, I share about the challenge, the thought process behind the photo I selected this month, and a bit about the process of painting these snowy trees and cabin with watercolors.