Don’t get me wrong, I like pink. I do! I even painted a pink cupcake and a pink teddy bear. But I’m not really a frilly, lacey, pink kind-a-gal. So I decided to paint one more Valentine’s Day project, but not pink. I used 6 paint colors, although you could mix white into a darker […]
Like Dogs? Love Dog Art!
Are you a dog lover? I have to share my latest favorite site, Draw The Dog. Jim George draws great cartoons of dogs that are funny. But you have to go see the site. Seriously! You’ll like it. I wasn’t a huge dog lover until 18 years ago. I was a kitty person. But […]
How to paint Daffodils
How was your weekend? Good, I hope. Mine was pretty good. I got to see the grandson. Walmart had a bunch of Crayola art supplies 75% off so I bought them all. You know, I’d buy something for him every dang day, just to hear him squeal with excitement. And art supplies is our thing, […]
How to paint a simple Cupcake
Ok. For this weekend’s painting tutorial. A pink & chocolate cupcake. Why did I paint a cupcake? I needed something to go with my coffee painting tutorial – and that means something sweet. I needed something besides hearts to paint for Valentine’s Day. I’m paint better than I bake. I wanted to give you something […]
How to paint a Coffee Cup
This painting tutorial is a little bit different, but it’s still easy. Typically I start with the medium color, then add highlights and shading, and finish with a topcoat of the base color. For this coffee cup, you start with the deepest shade and work your way up. It’s called underpainting. I paint on watercolor […]
How To Paint a KISS Cardinal
Not a kiss-ING cardinal . . . a KISS Cardinal. Ever heard the acronym KISS – Keep it Simple, Stupid. I’m changing it to Keep It So Simple. If yesterday’s paint tutorial was intimidating, you might feel more comfortable with this one. You see, I am on a mission for 2011 to get people to […]
Behind the Scenes – The Final Part
This is my last post about my two day adventure of working on a project that will air on that TV network that has Home and Garden in its title. One of the creative projects was this ramp from the 2nd story to the playhouse. It didn’t look like too much at this point. […]
Behind The Scenes – Part 4
Yesterday I wrote about the fabulous snowmen sculpted out of styrofoam. If you have snowmen, don’t you have to have snow? Have you tried using fiberfill batting on trees? It really looks like snow, doesn’t it? But this project was for national television, so Theresa had bigger ideas in store. No, that’s not white paint. […]