Today’s 64 Million Artists challenge is all about animation, and I’m thrilled to guide you through bringing art to life using my favourite medium – collage! Join me as we transform my cartoon dog into an animated wonder. In this video, I’ll share beginner-friendly techniques to infuse movement into your art. My cartoon dog comesContinue reading “Mastering Flamboyant Costumes: Ink and Pastel Technique Tutorial”
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Mastering Movement: Easy Steps to Record Dance in Your Sketchbook | 64 Million Artists Challenge
Today’s blog is an exciting one as we dive into the 64 Million Artists January Challenge, particularly the intriguing “Rainy Day Dance” prompt. I’m thrilled to guide you through the process of capturing movement effortlessly using Derwent XL Blocks. In this challenge, we’re focusing on sketching movement, and I’ll be sharing easy steps to conveyContinue reading “Mastering Movement: Easy Steps to Record Dance in Your Sketchbook | 64 Million Artists Challenge”
Easy Watercolour Landscapes
Sometimes you just want to paint but inspiration or subjects are not available, try this… If you’ve ever wanted to dive into watercolour landscapes but didn’t know where to start, you’re in the right place! In this video, inspired by the 64 Million Artists January Challenge prompt – Fanzine. I’ll guide you through a quickContinue reading “Easy Watercolour Landscapes”
Transforming Tripods into Characters! A 64 Million Artist Challenge
Today’s 64 Million Artists Challenge is a fascinating one, set by The Children’s Laureate of Wales, Alex Wharton. I’ve changed the prompt to allow me to develop some playful characters in my sketchbook. Choosing the Object In my creative world, tripods play a vital role when I’m capturing moments or filming videos. Today, I’ve chosenContinue reading “Transforming Tripods into Characters! A 64 Million Artist Challenge”
Dots – Pointillism Made Simple!
Today, we’re breaking down barriers and diving into the captivating world of pointillism. Inspired by Helen from the Frimley Health Charity and the 64 Million Artists January challenge, I want to show you that if you can paint a dot, you can conquer today’s creative challenge! Inspiration StrikesI was unfortunate enough to require a hospitalContinue reading “Dots – Pointillism Made Simple!”
Overcoming the problems of masking fluid
I’m not a fan of masking fluid in watercolour paintings, but I see people use it to create some fantastic art. I decided to change my attitude by attending a workshop specifically using the dreaded liquid latex. Before I start, these are my issues with masking fluid. Cathy Read was the tutor of the workshop.Continue reading “Overcoming the problems of masking fluid”
Aubergine
There was a time when I would have interpreted the Doodlewash prompts literally…and today would have been a picture of an Aubergine. Today’s image is a development of an idea from my sketchbook. I’ve ignored the prompt! The sketches on this page took roughly 5 minutes each. There is hardly any details and the linesContinue reading “Aubergine”
Valuable
The most valuable piece of advice I would give to beginner watercolorists is – Don’t give up, make mistakes. I’m not sure that today’s image is anatomically correct, it is copied from a sketch and it has a lot of errors. But you can learn a lot from mistakes. The bled of beach colour overContinue reading “Valuable”
You’ll wet the bed if you pick them…
You may or may not know this, but picking Dandelions does not make you wet the bed! You have to eat them to do that. The popular myth is based around the french word for Dandelion – Pissenlit – which translates to ‘Pee the bed’. Another french word is Dent de lion to describe theContinue reading “You’ll wet the bed if you pick them…”
Sandpiper
How to create an easy reflection in watercolour! I’m quietly proud of this image! Using collage and tearing a folded piece of newsprint has really helped create 2 the reflection of the sandpiper. You will see in the time-lapse video how this was created as the gouache wash has covered up the newspaper image. MaybeContinue reading “Sandpiper”
