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How to paint an Antique Gold Faux Finish

January 10, 2019 By Colleen Jorgenson 38 Comments

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People often call me ‘creative’ however a lot of my ideas come from my custom clients. Like these gold frames. Today I’ll show you How to Paint an Antique Gold Faux Finish. My clients wanted to add some frames like these in an antique gold finish on the wall opposite the cherry blossom tree mural. […]

Filed Under: Faux Finishes, Glazing, How To & PIY, Metallic Paint, Paint Metal, Paint Plastic, Paint Surfaces, Paint Types, Specialty Paints, Techniques, Tutorials

Watercolor Baby Animals

October 29, 2018 By Colleen 5 Comments

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I wanted to share with you these cute little Watercolor Baby Animals today. I have a lot to learn about painting animals in watercolor, but the process is so much fun! I’m trying to remember the very first animal I painted. It must’ve been in 1999 or 2000 or thereabouts. It wasn’t the very first […]

Filed Under: my paintings, My Stuff, Watercolor

How to Paint Sunflowers – Easy Watercolor Project

August 7, 2018 By Colleen Leave a Comment

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There’s just something about sunflowers. They’re bright and cheery and . . . easy to paint! If you’re saying, “sure, sure, Colleen”, bear with me while I show you How to Paint Sunflowers with watercolors! Written instructions are below along with a video at the bottom. Supplies sunflower pattern Pencil 140 lb. cold pressed watercolor […]

Filed Under: How To & PIY, Paint Types, Tutorials, Watercolor

How to Paint a Peony with Watercolors – Video

June 13, 2018 By Colleen 2 Comments

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How to Paint a Peony with Watercolors Are you a peony lover? They’re such a beautiful flower, which makes trying to paint them a daunting task. But I did. Try, at least. The entire time I had my flower shop I never, not once, ordered any peonies, nor did my customers. Granted, that was another […]

Filed Under: How To & PIY, patterns, Videos, Watercolor

Spring Favorites Printable – FREE!

March 12, 2018 By Colleen 11 Comments

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Free Spring Favorites Printable

Filed Under: Illustrations, my paintings, My Stuff, printables, Watercolor

Watercolor Perfume Bottle

February 19, 2018 By Colleen 5 Comments

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I painted this Watercolor Perfume Bottle quite a while ago and never shared it. As I was editing the photos I had some questions. Are you a big time perfume person? Do you have a ‘signature’ scent or maybe a few? Or do you just buy whatever smells good at any given time? I’m none […]

Filed Under: Illustrations, my paintings, My Stuff, Watercolor

A Tale of Painting Collard Greens . . . and a dog

June 6, 2016 By Colleen 6 Comments

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Painting collard greens took three times before they looked right. The dog, however, was a very patient model.

Filed Under: my paintings, My Stuff, Paint Canvas, Paint Surfaces, Paint Types, Watercolor

Spring Watercolor Flowers . . . and other smells.

April 25, 2016 By Colleen 9 Comments

Spring Watercolor Flowers

Handpainted spring watercolor flowers and a couple anecdotes that have nothing whatsoever to do with flowers.

Filed Under: my paintings, My Stuff, Paint Types, Watercolor

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