Hello! We’re almost ready to paint our fall fruit centerpiece, but we need something to put the fruit in! So here’s a simple cornucopia tutorial for ya. Even if you’re not a huge fan of cornucopia (I’m not), this will be fun because you’ll see how to make something appear rounded just by shading and […]
Day 18: How To Paint Pears (video)
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 […]
Day 12–Three Black Cats
This paint project is so simple that it doesn’t even really need a tutorial. Transfer the pattern, paint the background orange, paint the bats and cats black and that’s it. But I just had to do a project with black cats. Personally, I can’t think of Halloween without thinking about black kitties. I always wanted […]
How To Paint Red Apples
You might be thinking, “Apples? What’s the big deal? Aren’t they just red round circles with a brown stem?” And you’d be right. Mostly. Except red round circles can also look like tomatoes. With a green stem. And we can’t have our apples mistaken for tomatoes. Not ‘round these parts. You see, while my hometown […]
12 Reasons Why You’ll Want These Fall Printables
They’re hand drawn so if your project doesn’t turn out perfectly, you can blame it on the printable. They don’t fall off the tree the very minute you’ve finished raking 5 bagfuls. You don’t have to rake them. Or bag them up. You don’t have to wait until Fall. You can download them now. And […]
How to Paint Easy Leaves & Vines
After I posted the tray ceiling painting the other day, thousands upon thousands of emails poured in, wanting to know how to paint those red & gold leaves. Okay, maybe it was hundreds. Alright, nobody actually wrote an email and asked how to paint them but I’m sure it’s just because they were afraid that […]
How to paint Holly & Berries
I’m sure I’ve told you before how painting calms my nerves. There’s something about moving paint around with a brush, the flow of it, that just soothes me. I think that’s why I’m on such a mission to get you to paint. I want to share the feeling of calm and peace I get when […]
Countdown to Christmas – Snowmen Patterns
I know, I know. You just got your Fall stuff up, right? And here I am talking about Christmas already. But this year, you’re gonna be ahead of the game. You’re gonna have the tree up, the house decorated, the presents wrapped, and you’re just gonna sit back and Enjoy The Holidays. Right? We can […]