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Silhouette Deals and Christmas Canvas Tutorial

November 28, 2013 By Colleen Jorgenson 2 Comments

Christmas Painting

Paint a Christmas Canvas by simply using stickers or, in my case, Silhouette vinyl. Position stickers, paint ombre effect over the top, remove stickers.

Filed Under: Blending Colors, How To & PIY, Paint Canvas, Paint Surfaces, Paint Types, Pearl Paint, Specialty Paints, Techniques, Tutorials

Coastal Painted Window

July 18, 2013 By Colleen Jorgenson 14 Comments

faux stained glass tutorial

I’m so glad you stopped by today because I’m not only sharing my faux stained glass tutorial for making this Coastal Painted Window with DecoArt, there’s also a huge giveaway to enter too! But first let me show you how fun it is to create a faux stained glass window. If you’ve been here before […]

Filed Under: Blending Colors, How To & PIY, Paint Glass, Paint Surfaces, Paint Types, Specialty Paints, Techniques, Tutorials

How To Paint Hydrangea (Video)

April 30, 2013 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

How to Paint Hydrangea

Hi, thanks for stopping by today to see how to paint hydrangea. I’m demonstrating the wet-blending method – using two or more paint colors together. In addition to the video from the Hangout on Air, I wanted to also give you some step-by-steps for this technique. When I first started painting, I’d look at the […]

Filed Under: Blending Colors, Highlighting, How To & PIY, Paint Canvas, Paint Surfaces, Shading, Techniques, Videos

Birds on Branch Painting and Class

January 9, 2013 By Colleen Jorgenson 6 Comments

Birds on Branch Painting Class

Welcome to the first live painting demonstration of 2013 – Birds on a Branch. This is a preview of my upcoming BYOB & Paint Class. Check out the video tonight and if you’re interested in the class, just leave me a comment below! I want to share a little story with you about this painting. […]

Filed Under: Blending Colors, Classes, How To & PIY, Paint Canvas, Paint Surfaces, Techniques, Videos

Paint Faux Fireplace – Mural on Canvas

December 10, 2012 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

painted faux stone fireplace

Some of you know I’ve been doing Google+ Hangouts on Air recently – live video broadcasts. Turns out, they’re pretty fun. So much so that I’ve scheduled them for every Tuesday night (except for Christmas & New Years Eve, of course.) I’m nowhere near a ‘pro’ or anything, but I do enjoy sharing how to […]

Filed Under: Blending Colors, Faux Finishes, Highlighting, How To & PIY, Paint Canvas, Paint Surfaces, Shading, Techniques, Tutorials

Faux Mosaic Vase with glass paint

October 1, 2012 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Faux Mosaic with Glass Paint

There’s nothing better than projects that go really, really fast. Right? This project, however, does not fall into that category. Just sayin’. It’s not that it’s difficult. Quite the opposite. It’s actually really simple. I used the glass stain paints I used for the faux stained glass fall leaf window and a square vase I […]

Filed Under: Blending Colors, Dollar Store Crafts, Paint Glass, Paint Surfaces, Paint Types, Specialty Paints, Techniques

Painting a Scroll Background

July 25, 2012 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

paint-scrolls

First, this painting isn’t finished, ok? I’m still working on the Daffodile Louboutin heels for my niece. Really. See? I painted these Louboutins for my other niece last February. So I have a little more work to do on the shoes. No, today’s post is about the background, the scrolls. I have a bit of […]

Filed Under: Blending Colors, Highlighting, How To & PIY, patterns, Shading, Techniques, Tutorials

31 Days of Easy Paint Projects: Day 5–A Simple Owl

October 5, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Paint a Simple Owl

Well, here we are at Day 5 of the 31 Day Blogging Challenge. And here I am, nearly a whole day late. Again. I was almost ready last night. I had the owl painted. All I needed to do was Photoshop him and then write a little post. I mean, how complicated can a post […]

Filed Under: Blending Colors, How To & PIY, PIY, Techniques

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