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  • How to Paint Flowers with Circles

    Are you looking for an art journal entry? Do you want to creatively explore? An easy way to do that is to explore shapes. Ed Emberley has an interesting book about how you can use basic shapes to draw animals. You know I like to draw flowers. Circles and flowers are a win! Ideal supplies…

  • 6 Dollar Store Creative Art Supply Ideas

    Looking for fun inexpensive tools to add to your art supply toolbox? In this post, I’ll be sharing six ways that you can get creative and save on your art supplies. We are going to start with all of the goodness you can find at the dollar store! It is wonderful having a box filled…

  • 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 to create long spiral lines of color. I liked it. I like the way paint…

  • Creating Unique Patterns: My Journey with Flowers

    Do you have experience with surface design patterns? Pink flowers and surface patterns. I never thought about that. Then one day I was browsing in a Paper Source store. The patterns had flowers on them, and I thought I could do that! I painted flowers, scanned them and the file is ready for patterns. That’s…

  • The Importance of Making Art

    Should you observe your work? Or should you keep painting and let the answers find you? Keep painting! Right away I want to say just make. I live by these words in my creative space. Making art is important because it helps you get into the art that you make. You arrive at your sessions…

  • Unlock Your Creativity with New Painting Tools

    Lately, I have been trying new tools or discovering new ways to use the tools I have. Aside from the relaxation, it’s fun to try new tools. I always feel like art came come from anyone and any tool. Size 14 Soft Round Brush A large brush is intended for creating watercolor washes. What did…