An Homage to the Haunted Mansion: A New Technique in Acrylic Painting
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.
Making Abstract Art with Acrylics and a Spray Bottle
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...
Making a Pop Up Art Book– with Mermaids!
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 “Pop Up...
Prayer Flags DIY Tutorial with StencilGirl & Dina Wakley
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...
Tips for Painting Over Thrift Store Artwork
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...
