An Exercise To Help Your Creative Confidence
This tip is so helpful if you are guilty of saying things like, “I can’t even draw a stick figure”. Use this to build your skills … Read More
Quick Tip: Finishing The Sides of Your Canvas
This video is a quick tip to help you finish your canvas paintings fast. I talk about a few different ideas that you can try, … Read More
How To Create Depth In Your Acrylic Paintings
In this video, I give a simplified explanation of value. Value is what gives depth to a painting and it’s often the thing that beginner artists … Read More
How to Mix Muted Colors
Muted colors bring a calm and classy vibe to paintings, and I use mostly muted colors as my color palette. If you want to add a … Read More
How To Create Your Own Color Palette
Quick and Easy: DIY Acrylic Color Wheel with Red, Blue, and Yellow! Let’s get started with a fun DIY – making a color wheel using … Read More
How To Reuse a Heavily Textured Canvas
This canvas was very heavily textured, and I wanted to reuse it to create a landscape. To smooth out the deep lines of texture, I … Read More
Where Are You On The Artist’s Flight Path?
We all must begin somewhere, and I believe that all artists begin by imitation. We see something that inspires us, and we give it a try! … Read More
Sketching a Peony
I love creating anything floral, and painting flowers is one of my favorite things. However, drawing is one of my least favorites because it feels tight, … Read More
Mixed Media Snowmen
I have a Christmas tree with a snowman theme. It’s a newer tree, so I don’t have many ornaments yet. Since I need more, I’ve been … Read More
How To Choose A Background Color
I was recently asked this question…”How do you choose a background color for your painting?” In this video, I give you some tips and … Read More