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When You Don’t Expect Anyone to Care (But They Do)
Hi friends! I didn’t expect the incredible response to my last video, and I’m still sitting with how much it meant to me. In this video, I’m painting a simple watercolor background with some acrylic leaves while talking about the kindness, encouragement, and thoughtful comments you shared. And even more, what it’s made me think…
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Watercolor + Colored Pencil – Easy Mixed Media Layers
Hi friends! I am loving the look of blended watercolor and colored pencils, along with some extra pen marks and golden touches! It adds depth, texture, and lots of interest in these easy mixed media layers. I hope you enjoy this video and the techniques here! Let’s play and have fun with our supplies. Today…
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Build Watercolor Layers with Negative Painting and Resist Techniques
Hi friends! I am practicing today building watercolor layers with negative painting and wax resist, along with adding rubbing alcohol for extra texture. I just wanted to relax and paint, and paint loosely. Also, we’ll fix a couple of things and change a couple of things and you can see how I do that too!…
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Paint these Relaxing Watercolor Lines and Stripes with Doodles and Gold Ink
Hi friends! I wanted to play with watercolor and relax, so I did a simple painting with blended stripes in shades of blue, along with some doodles with my gold pen and fine liners. I hope you enjoy this one! It’s great for practice with brush control, blending, and more. – My website (free downloads,…
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Anyone Can Paint These Easy Abstract Watercolor Flowers – Mixed Media Watercolor
Hi friends! I wanted to do something easy and pretty, and these abstract watercolor flowers were just the thing. It is a great warm up exercise and anyone can paint these! I also turned it into a bit of a mixed media sheet with extra marks, shading, and decoration with colored pencils and pens, and…
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Simple Watercolor Glazing Technique with Abstract Shapes and Alcohol Drops for Texture
Hi friends! I wanted to do a simple little abstract watercolor using the glazing technique, make some abstract shapes in pastel colors, add some alcohol texture, and finish off with some doodles using my gold pen. I loved how relaxing this one was to do, almost like some nice art therapy. I hope you try…
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Exploring Watercolor Flowers over Gesso and Collage – Easy Abstract Painting
Hi friends! I haven’t done a collage video in ages, so I wanted to explore watercolor flowers over gesso and collage from a magazine. This one is a simple and easy painting, using a text filled page from a magazine for a background pattern and interest. With the gesso and watercolor layered over it, it…
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Exploring Watercolor over Gesso with Scratch Marks and Texture – Easy Flower Painting
Hi friends! One of the things I like to do is mix watercolor and acrylic paint. In this video, I’m exploring using watercolor over textured gesso as a base layer, made by scratching in marks with a stylus, palette knife, or anything on hand. If you want to try this gesso and watercolor technique, it’s…
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Try This Fluid Art with Liquid Watercolor Ink and Stencils and Doodles on Top
Hi friends! I’m doing some fluid art today and making this quick and easy page with liquid watercolor ink, stencils, acrylic ink, and alcohol ink on a page. I love the flowy look of fluid watercolor, and this one was a fun little page! If you have ten minutes today, give this one a try…
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Paint This Easy Sprig of Pine Greenery with Berries in Watercolor
Hi friends! Grab your watercolors and paint this easy sprig of pine greenery with some berries with me! This one is great for Christmas or winter themed greeting cards, tags, or a nice watercolor gift to give someone. I hope this painting gives you some tips and ideas for a nice little bit of greenery…
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Watercolor Paint with Me Loose Abstract Bunch of Grapes – Fruit Painting
Hi friends! Join me with your watercolors to paint these easy loose abstract grapes! I wanted to do some abstract fruit painting, and grapes just called out to me today. Grab your supplies you have on hand and paint this loose bunch of grapes in watercolor. – My website (free downloads, reviews, and other goodies):…
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Layering Inky Stenciled Leaves and Gold Ink Over a Watercolor Background
Hi friends! I got out my inks, stencils, and White Nights granulating watercolor palette to do a fun watercolor sheet today! Starting with a watercolor background, I’m adding a new layer of ink and stencil leaves, followed by some gold pen doodles and white pen dots to make it sparkle. I hope you like this…
