The book, Wildflower Watercolor by Sushma Hedge, is filled with beautiful watercolor wildflowers and the steps and techniques Sushma used to create them. I was sold when I saw the cover of the book! I couldn’t wait to start following her tips to paint the pretty wildflowers she shares. This book is one you will want to add to your watercolor technique library.
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Playing With The Color Meditation Deck
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.
Easy Watercolor Tulip Tutorial
Use this easy watercolor tulip tutorial to add beautiful spring flowers to splattered acrylic paint! This is a simple way to create a beautiful piece of original art.
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.
Angel in Watercolor
A friend recently challenged me to paint an angel in watercolor. This was a bit out of my comfort zone. Painting flowers is what I usually do. Once I started painting my angel I couldn’t stop. So I don’t have any step by step photos for you, but I decided to still share a little of my process with you.
Daffodil Doodles In 4 Easy Steps
Daffodil Doodles are easy to paint in watercolor or acrylic if you follow these 4 easy steps. You can use your daffodil doodles to make cards, journal page borders or framed splattered paint art.
Watercolor Hearts and Roses
Watercolor hearts and roses can be combined to make a beautiful design. I have always loved to paint watercolor flower wreaths. They look especially pretty with roses as the focus flower. Roses aren’t hard to paint if you follow a few simple steps.
My Favorite Watercolor Paints And Colors
There are so many watercolor paint choices it can be hard to decide what to buy and how much to spend. I’m going to share with you what I consider the “good, better and best” choices to make when it comes to buying water color paints.
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.
More Splattered Paint Art Ideas and Tips
I have been splattering more paint and have some new ideas to show you and some helpful tips. In a recent post I showed you how to do a watercolor sky and background then splatter acrylic paint to make your flower garden. This time I decided to do the sky, background, splatters and flowers in acrylic to simplify the process.
Create A Splattered Paint Flower Garden
Creating a splattered paint flower garden is a fun, spontaneous activity for all ages and skill levels. No drawing is needed! Each painting turns out different depending on the color of paint you use and the amount of splatters you do.