I should be working on Christmas tutorials. I told my Self I was going to get focused after the move. Self isn’t listening. First, it’s 95 freaking degrees here. Which makes it a little difficult to get into the spirit of painting snowmen. Second, every magazine, blog, ezine, etc. is full of Halloween. And I […]
Friday Favorites & Paint a Simple Bow
When you craft – or in my case, paint – don’t you find there are products you use over and over and over again? Kind of like ingredients or tools in the kitchen – they’re your favorites, old buddies, no-fails. My first fav is graphite paper. It’s like artist carbon paper, if you haven’t used […]
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 […]
How To Paint – Artichoke
Yes, you can paint this. The artichoke takes just 4 colors of green, with no painting experience required. I put it on a neutral background, but you could paint any colors that would coordinate with your kitchen or dining room. I started with a piece of canvas. You could also paint it on watercolor paper. […]
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 […]