How To Paint Wisteria Flowers With Cotton Buds
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Fancy trying a quick and easy painting that’s achievable no matter how much painting you’ve done before? If so, try this method of painting with cotton buds! In this blog post, I’ll show you how …
Creative Projects & DIYs
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How To Paint A Simple Abstract Watercolour Rose
Roses are popular flowers that many people love, but if you’re not a confident painter they might look just a little too complicated to paint. Well, that’s definitely not the case! Check out my method …
Acrylic Painting For Beginners: Surfaces For Acrylic Painting
If you’re new to painting with acrylics, you may be wondering which surfaces are best to paint on and why. In this blog post I look at four different surfaces for acrylic painting along with …
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How To Press Flowers
If you want to make the most of the blooms in your garden over the coming months, why not press some and dry them out to use in future collage and art journaling projects? Read …
How To Draw A Daffodil
I love spring flowers, and we see lots of different kinds where I live in south Wales: hyacinths, bluebells, tulips… and the one that might just be my favourite, the daffodil. So today, I thought …
3 Ways To Use Up Leftover Paint
No matter how careful you are when you’re putting out paint for a project, there will always be some leftover paint. Always. If I’m painting, I can pretty much guarantee I will underestimate the amount …
5 ways to add words to your art journal when you don’t like your handwriting
Whether you feel like your handwriting looks like a spider crawled across the page with ink on its feet (do spiders have feet?) or you’re just looking for some inspiration, I have five ideas for …
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4 Ways To Use Finger Painting In Your Artwork
I recently tried finger painting for the first time (as an adult, that is). I can’t believe it took me so long to do it! I’m not the kind of person who’s bothered by getting …
How To Paint Simple Leaves With Acrylic Paint
Painting simple leaves needn’t be tricky. If you want to learn a quick and easy technique to paint simple leaves with acrylic paint, read on! First things first: we’re not going to be botanically accurate …
How To Make An Upcycled Art Journal
If you have an empty cereal box and a piece of leftover fabric (or even some old clothes you don’t mind cutting up!) you can make a simple upcycled art journal. Use up some of …