Create something special for your Christmas tree or as a gift during the holidays by painting your own watercolour Christmas decoration on a slice of wood. It makes for a nice, rustic ornament and is a simple watercolour project for beginners. I spend most of my Christmas break eating, visiting with family and painting! I head […]
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Gouache is a beautiful medium to paint with, and in today’s blog post, I’ll show you one way to paint a gouache rose. I love painting with gouache. It’s an opaque medium, very similar to watercolour, but also reminiscent of acrylic or oils. I use the type of gouache that rewets after it dries, so
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Mussel shells are beautiful seashells. I gathered some loose seashells when I was visiting an island near where my parents lived, and I’ve been meaning to paint them for some time. I finally decided to get painting and do a demonstration at the same time. In today’s blog post, I share how to paint watercolour
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I love cone flowers, also known as echinacea – I have a few plants growing in my front yard. They’re great, because they come back year after year. I also enjoy painting them and thought I’d share a watercolour cone flower painting demonstration with you. They’re simple and satisfying to paint. Materials used Start with
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Pussy willows are the surest signs that spring is here where I live in Canada. Snow might still be on the ground, but it’s melting and the little soft tufts start showing up on willow branches out in the countryside. Watercolour pussy willows are a great way to preserve this first sign of spring year-round. They
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Sometimes, when you have a decent sized collection of watercolour paints, it’s easy to forget which colours are which. It’s easy to make a watercolour swatch sheet that fits right in your portable watercolour palette which you can reference while you’re painting. It’s also handy when you’re a beginner because you can be reminded of
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