Making splatters using something from your kitchen

Bees are so important to our environment.  According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, a third of the world’s food production depends on bees. S0… This week’s challenge is to… Paint bees.      Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #bees Deadline…

This week, look up to the sky and… Paint clouds.      Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #clouds Deadline August 26, 2022, 11:59 pm ET Rain clouds, white puffy clouds, dark ominous clouds — any type of cloud.  There are many cloud tutorials on YouTube.   I…

Let’s get back to nature this week and… Paint botanical art.      Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #botanicalart Deadline August 19, 2022, 11:59 pm ET What is Botanical Art?    Whole plants or parts of plants.  Here are some examples I have painted.   I…

Listen to Beatles songs performed live by Sofa City Sweetheart.  EDIT:   Here is the recording from August 21, 2022. Hopefully he will sing some of his original songs too!   He’s an amazing musician. Sofa City Sweetheart is the music project of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Juan Antonio Lopez.  You can listen to his music on any…

It was a fun ABSTRACT MIXED MEDIA class today!  Thanks to all who joined and painted along with me. In this tutorial, I used CaranD’Ache Fancolor watercolor set, Ebony pencil, Kuretake Ink pen, Schmincke Acrylic ink, Dr. Ph Hydrus watercolor and acrylic ink, Color Burst powder, SketchBox Pigment powder, QoR watercolor. Here is the collection…

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