A Painted Garden

how to paint flowers

  • How I paint flowers is my buisness.

    You bloom better when you mind your own business. That should be a T-shirt. It will be. I have been thinking about this. I was painting flowers as I always am. Going there to have shrimp tacos. It was a… Continue reading

  • Grow your own garden paper collage art

    Did it! I had leftover blue paint and painted the cover. I had an idea—no I didn’t have an idea. I had no idea these flowers would bloom the way they did! I’ll add this to the book file and… Continue reading

  • Bright and Colorful Flowers

    That is my dream! That is all I wish to do. I feel like this is a bright and colorful mess? I have been painting with my Basics colors and a premium white by Utrecht. The vase looked like it… Continue reading

  • Expressive Flowers Sketches

    Beautiful swirls! The sketch on the right was done on copy paper, I used Basics acrylic paint and Liquitex brushes. Liquitex brushes are great! The flowers on the left were done on craft poster paper. I used a Dollar Tree… Continue reading

  • Pink Floral Bouquet

    Not sure if you can tell but my hero color is blue. I think it’s called Winsor Blue? I used Neocolors to sketch the flowers. I have one maybe two layers on the roses. The blue roses have yet to… Continue reading

  • The Last Page of My Journal

    These 60 pages are in might as well be printing paper. Yet I’ve grown in creative confidence. My color palette and paintings have gotten more interesting and exciting. I’m excited for the next adventure! The blue in this palette is… Continue reading