A Painted Garden

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  • The Power of Play: Art Lessons for Everyone

    Have you ever doubted your art skills? Perhaps you think that you need to research and learn everything before you start painting. Preparation is good. Plans are good. Does preparing really bring out your best art? Your best art emerges… Continue reading

    The Power of Play: Art Lessons for Everyone

  • What Topics Do I Like to Discuss?

    I was not planning on posting today but I saw the prompt and it had me bursting with the answer. ART. I am a flower painter. I paint loose and layered florals. I read a post on using scraper tools… Continue reading

    What Topics Do I Like to Discuss?

  • The Key to Painting Beautiful Flowers

    Let me say that the tips in this post are for any artist. I am an abstract flower artist so of course my frame of reference is painting flowers. In this post, I’ll go into the painting lessons I have… Continue reading

  • Roses-Paint So You Can Paint

    In the last project I went through a lot of layers. I like the color. Then I didn’t like the texture. I needed more contrast. On and on it went. Today, I painted a floral arrangement in 15 minutes. I’ve… Continue reading

  • Lessons I’ve learned As An Artist This Week

    Hello! Before I continue with today’s post I want to share a posting agenda. Every Sunday I’ll post the art lessons I’ve learned throughout the week. Every Wednesday I’ll post an update on my current project including tips. I’ll be… Continue reading

  • Roses-You’re the Artist. You’ve Got This!

    I do? I am? I am! I’ve been getting good feedback for my pink roses skillshare project. These expressive flowers were painted for a Skillshare class. There were many revisions. I was able to overcome uncertainty. That emotion flowed through.… Continue reading