Learn to Paint Watercolor: Edges: (How Understanding Edges Improves Paintings) I had to learn to paint (and understand) watercolor edges because I hated my early watercolor paintings. They looked terrible: unreal, flat, and “stuck on” images. In fact, nothing says “beginner painter” more than a painting (in any medium) where all the painted edges are hard edges. WAIT: What is…
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Polymer Clay Doll Tutorial (for making Foxie)
Polymer Clay Doll Tutorial: How to create a simple polymer clay and cloth character The Little Fox Polymer Clay Doll Tutorial for all levels. Summer has arrived ! And it is time for playful projects for all ages and levels. This little polymer clay tutorial is a fun way to spend a bit of time using simple materials to create…
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Introducing Canva ( to share more inspirational and art related quotes)
Introducing Canva (a great tool!) to share another collection of inspirational quotes with you. Many of these quotes or poems pertain to art or creativity. All of them are created with photographs that I love and can now use and shar Click for creativity quotes, garden or flower quotes and inspirational quotes for graduates. To make your own, use Canva…
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Polymer Clay Ideas (Kitty and Bunny)
WELCOME BACK to more polymer clay ideas ! We are in the final part of our latest polymer clay ideas : turning the little heads on corks into standing figures. It is my hope that you will see how fun it can be to take a simple head and make it work in many ways. This is just one of…
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Watercolor Mediums and Water Play
When you try watercolor mediums and play with water, you will find how you like to paint the best method to paint your particular subject and you will have a lot of fun Examples using Watercolor Mediums and Water Look at these four examples. Decide if there is one you want to try. I drew four copies of an orange…
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Polymer Clay Tutorial (Bunny and Kitty)
Polymer Clay Tutorial : more HOW TO ideas for your practice heads and sculpting these sweet little figures. Several weeks ago we did a tutorial on the wine cork bunny head. Now let’s take this idea a little further and learn how to make polymer clay and cloth figures. This is a way to take the heads you are making…
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Watercolor poppy tutorial step by step (also how to paint “white”)
In this step by step watercolor poppy tutorial, you will practice what we have learned previously. Specifically, you will paint soft color transitions (like the little red pony) on dry paper. soften edges to create a round form the white flower show you how to “paint white” using light color washes. If you get bleed backs, they will be useful…
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Making a Polymer Clay Figure (find inspiration).
Polymer Clay figure: When you Create, how do you find inspiration? Do you have ideas but lack the confidence to just go for it? Might I share one of my favorite artists for you to look at? Might you like a bit of a story on how I make my little figures? How to make decisions and choices to get…
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