Do you want a wonderful way to fill your world with color and have a soothing calming experience? The Color Meditation Deck by Lisa Solomon is a relaxing way to play with your watercolors or other art supplies. I have used mine over and over when I want to paint, but don’t know what I want to paint. It’s enjoyable to play with the colors and create art without having high expectations for a finished product. The joy is in the process and experience.
Books
My Botanical Line Drawings and Doodles
Creating botanical line drawings and doodles is a new favorite hobby for me. I have loved working my way through Peggy Dean’s Botanical Line Drawing Book. It has helped me explore new flowers, leaves and other botanicals that I can draw and add to my art. This book makes it very simple to learn how to do botanical line drawings and turn them into doodles and other flower art.
Whimsical Watercolor Mushrooms
Painting colorful, whimsical, watercolor mushrooms is a great way to let your imagination go wild! I recently took an online watercolor class by Danielle Donaldson that introduced me to the idea of painting watercolor mushrooms. This was a new way for me to add some color and whimsy to acrylic paint that I splattered on a watercolor postcard.
Watercolor Christmas Lights That Glow
During the Christmas season our family enjoys the beautiful Christmas lights on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. In honor of this tradition I painted some bright colored Christmas lights. With a few simple steps you can paint Christmas lights that glow using transparent watercolors. You can use your design for a Christmas card, scrapbook or journal page or to decorate your home for the holidays.
Have Fun With Color Swatches in Watercolor!
Creating color swatches in watercolor can be a lot of fun and help you practice mixing colors. There is inspiration all around. I will show you some of my favorite ways to discover new colors and use them to create beautiful art.
Anthropologie Inspired Flower Chalk Art
I always enjoy going to the Anthropologie store in Salt Lake City and admiring all the amazing products and displays. Once they had a framed chalk art that caught my eye. So I went home and got my chalkboard out. Here is my Anthropologie inspired flower chalk art and how I did it!