Crafts: Painting
- Crafts for Mom, Crafts: Art Journal, Crafts: For Traveling, Crafts: Painting, Crafts: Painting and Drawing, Crafts: Sketchbook, Crafts: Watercolors, Holiday: L'Ag B'Omer
Simple Watercolor Feathers To Paint Today, For Lag B’Omer!
Tonight we welcome the festive holiday of Lag B’Omer, so why not carve out a tiny window of time to paint some watercolor feathers? It is true Lag B’Omer generally brings to mind images of bonfires and bows and arrows, but I’d say feathers, which are used to write the Torah, and certainly the Zohar, originally, are a perfect symbol as well! Plus, feathers are just so fun to paint, and I ended up filling two pages in my watercolor journal with them, and can’t wait to paint more, next time in a mix of rainbow colors or pastels, we’ll just have to wait and see! If I had the…
- Crafts: Art Journal, Crafts: Drawing, Crafts: Owls, Crafts: Painting, Crafts: Painting and Drawing, Crafts: Sketchbook, Holiday: L'Ag B'Omer
Paint A Simple Pink Owl For Lag B’Omer!
After a really relaxing and beautiful few pages in my sketchbook filled with hebrew letters, I decided to start exploring creating on top of those pages! I had seen an owl painting tutorial by Tamara Laporte, as a part of sketchbook revival 2021 (now expired, sorry) and while I didn’t follow the tutorial, as it was with water color, I did draw an owl that looks just like hers….thanks Tamara! There is such a fine line between copying someone else’s work and creating something that is truly yours, and is this case it is some of both, though for the sake of an exercise in my sketchbook, it is certainly…
- Baby Gifts and Decor, Crafts: Hearts, Crafts: Painting, Crafts: Painting and Drawing, Crafts: Recycling, Holiday: L'Ag B'Omer, Recycled Clothing Crafts
Paint An Old Shoe With Graffiti Hearts!
This has to be one of my crazier ideas, but I just couldn’t resist and it was relatively quick, so here’s to whimsical upcycled art! And while this might seem like it is coming out of left field, just a bit, this could also be a craft for Lag B’Omer, you know just in case you’ve already made more bonfires, caves, and arrows than you can bear. Because my friends, Rebbi Shimon, whom we celebrate on Lag B’Omer was all about ahavas yisrael, Jewish unity! And what more fitting than a bunch of hearts that together comprise a wonderful lively piece of well, funky decor? And honestly, who couldn’t use…
- Crafts: Art Journal, Crafts: Doodle Art, Crafts: Painting, Crafts: Sketchbook, Holiday: L'Ag B'Omer, Holiday: Sefirat HaOmer
A Simple Counting The Omer Journal Page
Today is day 22 of the Omer, and I might be behind on this journal page! It is true, I embarked on a counting the omer art journal project last year, which is wonderful and so interesting, but sometimes you might just want a really really simple way to count the omer, even if you are doing something else more complicate to boot. Or not? A very simple painted pattern that you then fill in with numbers as the 49 days progress is a first for me, but I plan to do this every year, as it is just simple and gets the job done, in a creative way! And…
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8 Reasons To Create Art With Oil Pastels
In case you have noticed, there has not been a whole lot of actual “crafting” going on around here, but that is not to say there is no creativity, on the contrary! I’ve been working on my art journey, which at the moment entails a serious commitment to creating 100 5″ x 7″ oil pastel paintings, hopefully sooner than later. (I’m now up to #41, follow me here on Instagram to see the progess!) Yes, I am drawing with the pastels, but when you cover the whole page with them it is called a painting, so I’m painting folks, except it involves drawing and lots of smushing and scraping off…
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Next Year In Jerusalem!
Next Year In Jerusalem! I painted this little Jerusalem cityscape a few months ago, and it is the perfect piece of mixed media art to share with you right now as we push ourselves over the finish line of Passover preparations, phew! Wishing everyone an amazing, restful and meaningful week of Passover. May we all merit to escape the slavery in our minds, and in our hearts and in the world at large. See you after we cross the Red Sea, and wishing you all the very best!
