If you love pastel aesthetics, royalty-inspired art, or watching an acrylic painting come to life, you’re in for a treat! In my latest YouTube video, I take on an exciting challenge—painting a Queen Elizabeth II portrait in a dreamy, pastel color aesthetic. Think soft pinks, minty greens, and lilac hues, all blended together to give a fresh, modern twist to a regal portrait.
Gouache is an incredibly versatile medium that allows artists to achieve both bold opacity and delicate translucency. In this tutorial, we explore how to use gouache in pastel tones to create a soft, dreamy painting using a reference photo as a guide. Whether you’re new to gouache or looking to refine your pastel techniques, this guide will walk you through the process step by step.
Discover essential linocut techniques perfect for beginners. Learn the basics with our simple guide and create your first masterpiece today!
https://youtu.be/CxgoboLyKBI Ever wondered what to do with all the grocery bags left over from an Amazon Fresh delivery? I accumulated quite a pile thinking that I was going to use them for some project. Pretty soon, I was drowning in brown paper bags. However, it was...
https://youtu.be/1COsIIu1Kk8 Well, long story short, I knew I was going to be a pirate for Halloween by Christmas of last year. Why? Because of that red dress that you can see in the thumbnail above. I ordered it on Amazon despite mixed reviews and it was nothing like...
I have been working toward this dream for several months now and I can’t wait to share it with you! My very first art course is a guided painting of Rosie the Riveter.
Anybody else feel like they’re walking a tightrope above gator-infested waters? Yes, it feels like that a lot of the time recently. That’s what made me think of this stretching portrait from the Haunted Mansion. It also provided the perfect opportunity to try a new acrylic painting technique that uses Stabilo pencils to provide a pencil sketch base for the rest of the painting.
https://youtu.be/ELhqpjJPfYY Bring out the mixed-media tools and get ready to print some wooden eggs with style! This tutorial for gel printing on Easter eggs uses a Gelli plate and paint to create playful, mixed-media patterns on your wooden eggs. Supplies (contains...
https://youtu.be/0I1eAiYIXrA Weirdly, I've never been a fan of abstract art. I don't like how choppy it normally is, how blunt, how harsh. It wasn't really my aesthetic. However, I've been loving the abstract artwork that I've seen from artists like Carolina Gruner...
https://youtu.be/Z5MEnVDZYhU Tina Walker reached out a few months ago to see if I was up for another StencilGirl challenge, this time a stenciled pop up art book, and I said "Yes!!!" However, I have no idea how to make a pop up art book. After a YouTube video called...
When Tina Walker put up a prompt on Facebook asking her fellow artists to make some prayer flags, I was excited to try something new. I had seen pictures of people's mixed-media prayer flags blowing in the breeze and was already picturing my finished prayer flag full...
A little while ago, I started seeing YouTube artists working on art that they found at the thrift store. It was an interesting concept — find someone else's artwork, add details, and behold, new art! I went to the thrift store myself and struggled to find anything to...
Is there anything better than sharing art? I just had the privilege of working on a collaborative art journal project with Tina Walker, Andrea Chebeleu, and Jamie Dougherty, and it was amazing! I was able to work with artists whose work I admired and I learned so much...
I don't know about you, but sometimes I just can't get stencils to cooperate. The paint bleeds underneath, the stencil shifts during the process, the images doesn't come out cleanly. Whatever the problem may be, stencils can be a headache when it doesn't go according...
Dreamcatchers used to be made with scratchy brown leather, cheap pony beads, and fake feathers. I remember them being in every girl's bedroom in America during the 90s. Flash forward to the present day and dreamcatchers have gotten a complete makeover. They are...