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Day 18: How To Paint Pears (video)

October 19, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

How to Paint Golden Pear

Hi! How are ya? This was one of ‘those’ days for me. You know the kind I mean . . . where you’d like to throw something, anything, (namely the computer) across the room or out the window. But I didn’t. Because if I had, I would’ve lost this video I made on how to […]

Filed Under: Highlighting, How To & PIY, patterns, PIY, Shading, Techniques, Videos

Day 17–Harvest Fruit Roundup

October 17, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Harvest Fruit Tutorials

Hello! Hope you had a great weekend. Now that I’m on the back-end of the 31 Day blogging challenge, I’m gearing up for Christmas. But I want to sneak in a few Thanksgiving – or just Fall – paint projects too. One of the most iconic Thanksgiving images is the cornucopia. You know – the […]

Filed Under: Highlighting, How To & PIY, PIY, Shading, Techniques

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

How To Paint a Spooky Tree – 31 Days of Holiday Paint Projects

October 3, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Paint a Spooky Tree

Can you remember how fun it was to paint and color when you were a child? For a lot of us, painting a house with a tree next to it was simple. Easy. Fun! I’m convinced that somewhere along the line the Evil Fairy comes along and bops kids on their heads. Like, between age […]

Filed Under: How To & PIY, Markers & Pencils, PIY

Paint a Haunted House – 31 Days of Easy Holiday Paint Projects

October 2, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson Leave a Comment

Paint Haunted Houses

This is the second tutorial in 31 Days of Easy Holiday Paint Projects. Today we’re painting Haunted Houses. If you’ve ever said “I can’t even draw a stick figure” this paint tutorial is perfect for you. In fact, the more crooked, wavy, and ‘off’ the lines are, the better spookier your house will look! I […]

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

Easy Holiday Paint Projects – Day 1

October 1, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson 1 Comment

Paint Bat and Harvest Moon

Hello! Welcome to Day 1 of 31 Days of Easy Holiday Paint Projects! It is 8:30 p.m. and I am just now writing my post for tomorrow – the first of 31 consecutive posts. Something tells me this is gonna be a little more challenging than I thought. But it is a ‘challenge’, and I’m […]

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

How To Paint Jewels

September 22, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson 4 Comments

Cherry Blossom Tree Mural

Hi. How are ya? Has the Fall weather hit where you live yet? Well we had about two days of below 90 degrees. Just enough to tease me, to make me think of cool evenings, light jackets, sleeping with covers again. And then, Wham! 98 degrees and higher. I blame this tutorial on the heat. […]

Filed Under: Highlighting, How To & PIY, PIY, Shading, Techniques

How To Paint a Pumpkin Painting . . .

September 8, 2011 By Colleen Jorgenson 2 Comments

How to Paint a Pumpkin Painting

. . . on canvas. Or paper. Or wood. Here’s the issue – I like to title my blog posts so you know what to expect. You know, be a good blogger, not get too cute, and maybe get some good SEO and all that. But if you search online for “How to Paint a […]

Filed Under: Highlighting, How To & PIY, PIY, Shading, Techniques

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