Crafts: Painting and Drawing
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Paint Blob Creative Drawing Exercise For All Ages!
Now is a great time to invest in creatiivity, and one of the best ways is to start with short exercises that build interest and confidence and most importantly really drive home the message that creativity is NOT about perfection. So if you dream of being an artist, or you think someone else in your family might have what it takes, (I can’t believe I’m saying this) stop crafting and start making art! What? Yes indeed my friends, because most crafting is about the result, and lets face it, everyone likes nice results, right? Art on the other hand is generally much more process oriented and therefore generally not about…
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White Gouache Illustration On Watercolor Wash
As you can see, I am just loving the idea of illustrating with gouache, and so I have one more simple technique that produces great results. Ready? One of the benefits of gouache, as opposed to watercolor paint, is that is is opaque, meaning you can layer one color over another, yes indeed! So, one simple way to take advantage of this attribute is to make a beautiful background with either watercolor paint or gouache, though or course something rich, like my blue backgroud, and then paint lovely details on top of this background with white gouache. And if you want to take it one step further, add some ink…
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Simple Gouache Illustrations With Ink Details
Yesterday I shared with you some simple botanical illustrations using gouache, and today I am sharing some more results in my little gouache painting series. Introducing gouache and ink floral illustrations! I painted these in New York a few weeks ago having just spent two plus glorious weeks in Sweden. And now I can see that all those fields of tiny wild flowers certainly did make on impression on me, as these suddenly look like Swedish summer, or at least my version of it! What I learned here is that very simple gouache shapes or a simple painting that doesn’t quite hit the mark can be transformed by adding black…
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A Counting The Omer Collage For Lag B’Omer and Shavuos!
The Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer starts on the evening of May 22, which means we have two whole weeks to turn on the creativity and increase the excitement for this wonderful and festive holiday, and then another two weeks to get crafting for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. The idea for this counting the omer collage craft came about when a reader Ilana Singer from Strasbourg, France sent me a photo of a sweet counting the omer chart she made for her kids. Since we count the omer fpr 49 days leading up to the Jewish holiday of Shavuos, I was thinking that as Lag B’Omer approaches, and then…
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Recycling Craft With Milk Cartons: Draw On Them!
I am in the middle of cleaning out my studio at long last, so expect to see lots of little projects that are the result of trying to finish works in progress or use up various items, such as milk cartons that were painted when we made our painted milk carton houses with gardens craft, but never quite reached the finish line. So I know present you with the idea of drawing on milk cartons, which is really so much fun and a great way to spark your creativity! Why is that you may ask? Well, when you take any skill out of context, namely drawing on a 3D object…
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DIY Cardboard Roosters That Can Stand Up
Nothing quite as cute as a cardboard rooster that stands up! Put one in your entry, in the yard or next to the front door to bring smiles all around!
