How to Extend the Drying Time of Acrylics
Do You Get Utterly Frustrated When Your Acrylic Paints Dry Too Fast?
Bubble Wrap, Transparent Reds and White Polka Dots Trailer
I put together this little trailer for your enjoyment.
Choosing the Right Brush for Your Next Painting
I have to admit, I’m a lover of paint brushes. I have so many different kinds, but which ones do I really use?
Colour Matching and Mixing – Painting a Woman’s Mouth from a Photo
If you’re looking at using a photo as reference material for a portrait, there are a few things that can make the process a little easier.
How to Paint a Woman’s Mouth – Value Study
For this particular painting study on how to paint a woman’s mouth, let’s focus less on colour and more on values (lightness and darkness of a colour).
How to Colour Mix a Tinted Chromatic Black
How to Colour Mix a Tinted Chromatic Black
Challenge: Draw Your Favorite Fictional Character
Art Place recently challenged would-be artists to do a two-minute sketch. Today, the challenge is to draw one of your favorite characters.
7 Pours – 7 Different Varnishes – Varnishing Art Pour Pieces
There is nothing worse than varnishing in the middle of a heatwave, so I did a bunch ahead of time showing different varnish finishes vs the pouring topcoat.
Acrylic Pouring Experiment #7 – Liquid Glass on top of a Wet Pour Looks like a Virus Worm
In this video, I’m experimenting with drizzling Liquid Glass on top of a wet pour.
Acrylic Pouring Experiment #6 – Paint Pouring on Escarpment Stone with One Step Crackle
Paint Pouring on Escarpment Stone with One Step Crackle
Acrylic Pouring Experiment #5 – Tie Dye Meditation Stone
In this video, I’m experimenting using a round about direct/dirty pour method on a slightly flattened stone.
How to Prep Terra Skin with Gesso, Medium and Napkins for a Textured Effect
For this video, I’m going to work with a sample Terra Skin card and texturize the heck out of it.
Acrylic Pouring Experiment #4 – Using Metallic Paint, Miniature Art, Pour into Jewelry and Skins
Acrylic Pouring Experiment #4 – Using Metallic Paint, Miniature Art, Pour into Jewelry and Skins
Acrylic Pouring Experiment 3 – The Dirty Pour
I think this is the most creative of all the pour techniques, pouring colours into one container and then flipping it over onto a canvas to meld and merge together.
Acrylic Pouring Experiment #2 – Puddle Pour Technique
Day 2 of an 8 day experiment on Art Pours using DecoArt’s new acrylic pouring medium. In this video, I’m experimenting using the puddle pour method.
Acrylic Pouring Experiment # 1 – Direct Pour Technique
So I’m starting an 8 day experiment on Art Pours using DecoArt’s new acrylic pouring medium. In this video, I’m experimenting using the direct pour method. Tip: this technique can be used for Book of Backgrounds as well 🙂 I’m going to apologize...
Seascape Painting in Acrylics on Escarpment Stone for beginners
Living on Hamilton Mountain, I have access to an abundance of escarpment stone, which can turn into some pretty beautiful pieces of art.
In this video, I’ll create a seascape painting in acrylics on escarpment stone. This seascape painting for beginners can be done on regular canvas or any substrate that can accept acrylics.
How to Make a Collaged Daisy Meditation Stone
In part 2 of this project, I’m experimenting with collaging tissue paper to a stone and then painting a freestyle daisy on it.
Up in the Air in my Beautiful Mixed Media Balloon
This project was inspired by my friends Allison and Susan, creating this little mixed media pieces in my journal.
How to Make a Daisy Meditation Stone with a Painted Background
The inspiration for the background is based on tissue paper received from my friend Allison – thanks sweetie!
Take Three – Art Abandonment Project of Owl and Flowers
You know it’s time to stop when it takes 3 attempts to do a video for a project that should only have taken 10 minutes.
Mixed Media Dragon Fly
A mixed media project for any skill level, using what you have around the house to memorialize an inspiration.
Painting a Seascape in Acrylics Miniature Art
If you like to create art to sell, this little project is perfect. You can make this in batches and easily paint 50 in a day. I do admit though, that it is a bit tiring, so I’ll stick to showing you one in this tutorial.
Kooky Bird Rock Painting
Kooky Bird Rock Painting
Daisy Stamped Canvas
All you need is some paint, some little canvases or thick cut watercolour paper, dictionary paper and a random stamp.
Kandinsky Collaboration
Gather some friends and each makes up a piece. Then take the pieces and assemble them onto a piece of painted masonite or canvas and voila! ← Blackout Poetry Style Mixed Media Page Daisy Stamped Canvas...
Blackout Poetry Style Mixed Media Page
A simple way of telling a little story using dictionary paper.
Inspired by the Sound of a Visiting Bee
During the filming of a lesson, I was visited by a massive bumble bee. So I decided to make a quick piece of mixed media art using the bee as my inspiration.
Blind Contour Drawing of a Foot Turns into a Creepy Whale
Blind Contour Drawing of Foot Turns Into a Creepy Whale
Introduction to Blind Contour Drawing with Mixed Media
Freedom to say “who cares” what it looks like, it’s about the finely tuned relationship between your eyes and your hands… which is the big old brain.