In this post, I’m sharing the painting process of my watercolor pine branch experiments! I was practicing some loose watercolors and was inspired to paint pine branches with some snow flecks. Hope you enjoy it!
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Welcome to the very first post of the new year! I’m watercoloring a loose little robin bird in the snow today. In this video, I share some insights into the painting process (including the benefits of taping down your paper) and I also have a favor to ask!
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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.
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Looking back at 2019, I spent more time painting during the second half of the year. And there are a few key art supplies I found myself reaching for a lot more often than others.
If you’re just starting out and doing some research on watercolor supplies or are simply looking to add to your collection, you might find this video helpful!
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I almost titled this video ‘Ugly Dogs’ because I struggled so much with watercoloring them! I did 3 attempts at painting Pumba the Dog from a course I purchased on Enterclass (enterclass.com) because I just couldn’t get it right and also because I wanted to practice this very wet watercolor style that instructor Denis Petrulenkov does so beautifully.
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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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I’m painting the same painting on two different watercolor papers to explore the difference between hot press paper and rough paper.
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In this post I share my first impressions of Holbein Artists’ Watercolor by swatching all the colors in the 18 color set. (This post is sponsored by MisterArt.com.)
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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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In this post, I'm sharing my #1 tip for painting watercolor color mixing charts. The tip is: Use masking tape to create your grid! I used to draw the grid by hand and carefully paint the squares. But after seeing other artists use this method, I wanted to give it a try. And as it turns out, this is so much easier!
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Today I’m sharing the 6 essential colors I include in all my palettes (along with some notes about changes I might make in the future!)
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