Creativity Booster— Try Improv Painting!
Stuck in a rut? Looking for ways to loosen up or find your own style? Try Improv Painting!
Stuck in a rut? Looking for ways to loosen up or find your own style? Try Improv Painting!
Some alternative ways to make planning marks to avoid visible pencil lines in the finished painting.
Finding a sketchbook or journal with paper that will accept some watercolor washes AND with a beautiful cover can be tough. But it’s easy to personalize your journal cover with colors, symbols and words that are meaningful to you. In an earlier post, I shared a few ideas for personalizing your journal cover. (If you…
When I’m laying a wash, I want to focus my attention on creating color mingles, wet-in-wet effects and edges that are just the right degree of softness. So many things that will only happen if the timing is just right! I want design and drawing and color all worked out ahead of time, so I don’t…
This article is the fourth in a series about creating paintings with more emotion, power and personal meaning. Here are links to the first three: Is My Painting Done? Are You a “Photocopier”? There’s a Better Way The Lazy Way to Build Painting Confidence I know that taking the time to do some planning would…
An easy tip for mixing lively, interesting and natural-looking browns, tans, skin tones, fur, feathers, etc.
I know many of you have iPads (or other tablets) or smartphones. Have you ever thought of using them to make art? There are many, many fun apps that allow you to draw, doodle, “paint” and modify your photos—and a lot of them are free, have free versions, or cost only a few dollars. Even…
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