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Abstract with Doodles – Make Endless Watercolor Neutrals by Mixing Your Colors with Abandon
Hi friends! Today, we’re making beautiful mud! I’m mixing all of the colors in my Marie’s Masters palette in order to make this abstract watercolor painting with doodles. If you are intimidated by color mixing, this is a great exercise to throw caution to the wind and mix your colors with abandon. You never know,…
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Making Simple and Cute Little Watercolor Trees with Doodles – Great for Beginner Practice
Hi friends! I’m doing some whimsical little watercolor trees which are easy and great for beginners. This painting was fairly quick to complete and I used my colored pencils and Posca markers to do some cute little doodles at the end! This is great practice or just something relaxing to do, so I hope you…
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Starting with Abstract Marks and Ending with Leaves – Intuitive Acrylic Painting Surprises
Hi friends! I’m doing another painting, go figure! This one has acrylic paint with some charcoal, markers, and acrylic ink. I love the intuitive painting process and finding out what works and doesn’t, what I like and don’t like, and come up with an interesting practice art page that is so relaxing and easy. I…
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Yes You CAN Layer Acrylic Over Watercolor and I’m in LOVE
Hi friends! I’m experimenting today with layering acrylic paint over a watercolor background. This is a fun technique that I want to explore more! I’m painting some simple flowers on an abstract blue and green watercolor background after it dries and finishing it off with my favorite white dots. I hope you grab your supplies…
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How to Use Masking Fluid with Line and Wash to Make Doodly Watercolor Flowers
Hi friends! I did an easy doodly line and wash watercolor painting of flowers using masking fluid to make highlights! I really like line and wash with different watercolor backgrounds, and it is a lot of fun combining line drawing with watercolor. I hope you try this one for yourself! As always, thanks for watching…
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Mixed Media Playtime with Lots of Abstract Mark Making, Collage, and Layers
Hi friends! I’m back with another mixed media abstract with my acrylic paints, homemade collage papers, mark making tools, and more! Grab your supplies and join me on this art journey where we’ll play with paint, get messy, and discover our styles. As always, thanks for watching! Supplies used in this video: Mixed media sketchbook…
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Good Surprises! Let Go and Paint Lots of Layers in Your Intuitive Abstract Painting Process
Hi friends! I grabbed my acrylic paints and homemade collage paper to make this mixed media intuitive abstract painting! It was a ton of fun to let go, have fun, and paint lots of layers and do plenty of mark making. Sometimes it helps to just try to keep covering and making new layers so…
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How to Paint an EASY Pink Watercolor Sky with Mountains – Kuretake Art Nouveau Palette
Hi friends! I broke out the gorgeous pink colors in the Kuretake Art Nouveau watercolor palette to make this simple and easy pink sky landscape painting. I’ve been loving experimenting with this palette since purchasing it recently, but any watercolors will work if they’re watered down enough to be very light colored, so grab whatever…
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Practice Brushwork, Glazing and Washes with this Easy and Relaxing Watercolor Circles with Doodles
Hi friends! If you’re a beginner, sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. When those feelings come on (or on days you just aren’t feeling very creative), sometimes a great option is to just practice brushwork, glazing, and washes on some simple shapes that can turn into something pretty! The last thing we want…
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Paint with Me a Beautiful Bright Watercolor Sunset with Mountain Silhouette
Hi friends! I found another beautiful photo and I wanted to try to capture this bright, beautiful orange sunset in watercolor! I grabbed my Marie’s Masters watercolors and did TWO attempts at this painting, and the second one turned out much better! I have a tendency to overwork skies. haha I hope you grab your…
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Intuitive Gritty Mixed Media Abstract Art with Marks and Palette Knife Painting
Hi friends! I started with abstract mark making, and ended up with a very gritty intuitive landscape painting! I painted with my palette knife, added collage, and a ton of texture to finish this painting, which was so much fun to create. I guess you just never know where a painting session will take you…
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Painting an Abstract Watercolor Background with Leaves and Berries – Kuretake Art Nouveau
Hi friends! I wanted to do a simple and fast watercolor using the Kuretake watercolor palette (I can’t seem to stop using this! lol), so I decided to make a limited palette painting with an abstract background and some leaves and berries over it. I also brough out my script liner brush for some finer…
