Sunday, 17 July 2022

“Rock Blocks “. Winsor and Newton Professional watercolours


🌟TOP TIP🌟Use a large white porcelain tile as your watercolour mixing palette. My husband found 2 of these in a broken box at the hardware store. They were $1 each! BARGAIN🙂🎨

Real time painting of a rock cairn. Adding a fern and some silver accents. 
 

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Review of Winsor & Newton Promarker Watercolor Pens.


 These Winsor & Newton markers are absolutely beautiful. They are Artist quality Watercolor markers in a 24 piece set. See how I swatch them out and my first impressions of these quality pens. They are archival and will not fade over time, unlike craft markers. 

 





Sunday, 10 July 2022

🌟Stamp and Draw a Terracotta Pot!🌟

 

Altering a stamped image helps stretch your supplies even further! You can use stamps in multiple ways. In this tutorial I give you tips on drawing a symmetrical pot, and how to use professional watercolors.

Thursday, 7 July 2022

Illustrating Mushrooms in Watercolor.


 Illustrating mushrooms is easy! They are wonky, weird shapes, and so simple to draw. This Watercolor technique uses a black sharpie for the line drawing, then coloured with Watercolor paints.

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

Monday, 4 July 2022

🌟Dancing Cockatoos visit my Art Studio!🌟


A glimpse into my back yard! These cockatoos were doing a mating dance right outside my studio! This very rare footage shows the sulphur crested cockatoos with crests raised, dancing their little hearts out. WARNING! this video is extremely loud LOL. 

The birds live in the Royal National Park, which is just across the river.

🌟How to Cover a Matchbox!🌟Easy & Fast Crafts



If you're thinking of a gift of candles or incense, why not step it up with a custom covered pack of matches? 
Use up your scraps, or use the same wrapping paper you've chosen for wrapping your gift!

Sunday, 26 June 2022

Stamped Line and Wash Watercolour Card!


What is line and wash technique? This is a term used in watercolour painting, where paint is added to an image sketched in ink.
You can use stamps to achieve amazing effects that look just like line and wash sketches without the fuss.

Instead of colouring within the lines you can do a loose wash of background and achieve the effect of a watercolour painting!

 Line and Wash Watercolor Technique using stamps as your line, then washing loosely with Gansai Tambi paints. any watercolour paints would work with this easy method!