I know, I know. The movie hasn’t even come out yet and it’s all over the media. But I adore Julia Roberts and I’m loving what I’ve seen of the sets in Italy, India & Bali. I’m sure there will be a ton of paintings based on Eat Pray Love, but I wanted to do […]
Super Simple Butterfly & Dragonfly
I rarely paint anything for myself. I have no idea why. You’d think my home would be full of artwork and cute furniture, but no. My studio is actually the back bedroom of our house with an en suite bathroom. I love the bathroom because it’s about the only ‘girly’ space in the house. I […]
Reverse Stencil & Strie . . . sort of
I’ve been working on a few ideas for our cousin who goes to a lot of Wine & Jazz festivals in his RV. He asked me about painting a wall hanging that could hang on his RV, as well as in his home when they’re not on the road. Seemed simple enough. (Emphasis on seemed.) […]
My Lettering Projects
In my previous post, Lovely Lettering Projects, I realized I keep lettering the same way over and over again. ~Isn’t there a saying about Insanity and repeating things the same way? Don’t answer that. ~ Anyway, I’ve always used graphite paper to transfer letters, then just fill in with paint. This was a little off […]
How to paint Grape Leaves
Leaves make wonderful little frames in paintings. They add contrast, texture and color. Especially with grapes. There are different varieties of grape leaves, which I’m not going to go into here. I just want to show you a couple of easy ways to sketch your leaves and then fill in with paint. You might want […]
How to paint Grapes
Now, let’s paint some grapes! Easy ones! You could make these any color – green, red, blue. I just chose purple. This is a Q&D (quick & dirty) tutorial because Fall is coming and we’ll be doing tons of paintings with grapes & pumpkins & leaves. Purple works really well with fall colors, but […]
How to paint Lemons
I painted these lemons to go with this glass of lemonade. It’s for a PIY Party in August. But you can paint them now, if you want. They’re really simple. In this painting I had already painted the background and the glass of lemonade so I applied white in an ‘egg’ shape with a little […]
How to paint Sunflower
It’s hard not to love sunflowers. They’re so bright and cheery! I painted this one for my first paint pARTy. But if you don’t live in the Sacramento area, you can paint it too! I’ll post the full tutorial later today with a link, but here are the steps, just so you can see how […]