What is it about wild animals? Why do we love them so much? Or, at least, pictures of them. They’re one of my favorite things to paint, whether realistically or nursery murals. This lion family painting in a baby boy nursery is one of my all time favorites. It’s fairly realistic, but with muted colors. […]
Line Art – Grapes & Grape Leaves
I’ve started offering all my line art – patterns I drew for paintings & murals – for anyone to use. Copyright free! All I ask is that you link back to me. I’m trying to post a few each week, so check back! Grapes seem to be timeless decor. When I first started painting, it […]
How To Paint Waving Flag – 3 Colors
Before we know it, the 4th of July will be here. So I want to post some easy painting projects you can start now. This flag is really just a study in simple highlighting and shading. Highlight creates the illusion of bringing things forward; shading makes the area recede. First, just basecoat your flag with […]
Free Line Art –
I apologize in advance for the shadows on these pics. You’ll still be able to use the patterns, I think. One of these days I’ll get them all cleaned up in Photoshop. This watermelon is pretty simple – just a half circle. But if you really need a pattern, here it is. Here’s a picture […]
Choo Choo Train Wall Hanging
I hope everyone had a great weekend! It felt like summer had truly begun. We had temperatures in the high 80’s – which made for a fun afternoon of the grandson & me running thru the sprinkler. That little boy brings out the inner child in me! I worked on a stars & stripes PIY […]
Princess & The Frog – Finished!
Are you tired of looking at this mural yet? I hope not. I wanted to share the finished pics and I also have an ulterior motive. One of my favorite bloggers, InfarrantlyCreative, joined forces with 3 other gals to create this fabulous new site – The CSI Project (create, share, inspire). This week they’re having […]
Disney’s Princess & The Frog Mural
My Disney projects continue! I actually haven’t finished this, but I wanted to share my progress. This mural is being painted on the backside of a closet door. Why the backside? Because the picture below was painted on the front. I painted this a few years ago when the room was decorated in Classic Pooh. […]
Completed Disney Mural
I went back last week and finished painting this cute mural based upon Disney characters. If you missed my earlier post, you can see the beginning steps here. This ‘horse’ wall was complete, except for the flowers. The adjacent wall was my goal. I had previously brought the branch onto the wall & chalked the […]