Hello Everyone, I love mixing paint colors together.
Artist palette, brushes and sketch
This yellow rose had deep darker colors of yellow, light colors of yellow, a little bit of orange, and a little bit of red – all those pretty warm colors. All these colors make me think of warmer weather in the Summer. I used a few of my Inktense Watercolor pencils which are very vibrant colors. Hope you have fun watching this video as much as I had fun painting this rose.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, I had so much fun painting these adorable booties for a baby boy. They were a gift to my daughter for her son (she had twins – a boy and a girl) 2 1/2 years ago. I changed the colors of them and the blanket a bit and had fun creating that. Last week I painted the booties for her daughter.
Painting Baby Booties
I painted a border around the card for my first time and was happy how it turned out.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, Two people in my life are going to have baby girls so I want to surprise them with a special card. I found a photo I took of booties my daughter received for her twins so I used that as a reference to paint a 5×7 greeting card with watercolor paints and pencils.
Baby Girl Booties in Watercolor
The twins were a girl and a boy so next week I thought it will be fun to paint baby boy booties too, as I have a picture of those also. She also received pretty blankets with the booties which I used as a background for the booties.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, What a happy time we had with our son and his family this past week. Today I am painting a wagon that they use to gather pumpkins and flowers after they choose them in the field. The wagon is my daughter-in-laws and she has had it for a very long time.
I love painting Fall pictures. So much to be thankful for.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, Today we will paint a pen and watercolor picture. I had so much fun painting the corn and the look of the door.
I am really getting into the Fall mood today, as it is turning cooler and I just saw some trees on my morning trip to the Fitness Center that have turned color here in the great state of Michigan.
Happy Fall & Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, I thought I’d paint this beach scene before Summer’s end! I had a good time painting this, I love the challenge of painting something new. There is so much to learn about painting, I love it.
I also mention some helpful tools you will see I use when painting and other helpful tips. Hope you can take a look.
Happy Painting/Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone,
Today I am going to paint an Althea flower on a Watercolor card and compare it to the one I painted on my Sept. 5, 2019 painting of the same flower on the Watercolor paper. They are both Strathmore 140 lb. cold press.
This video also has many painting tips. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed painting it.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, Every July I look forward to seeing the Althea bushes bloom in our yard. They last until I believe the end of Fall, or the later part of Fall.
In my video, I explain why this flowering bush means so much to me. I hope you are still enjoying your garden, then comes Fall, I’m equally excited about Fall – I love the colors and all it’s beauty.
Happy Painting,
Vicki
Hello Everyone,
I just ate the most delicious peach. I don’t get them often, but I really enjoy a good juicy peach in the Summer.
This design was fun and easy. In this video I show you what I learned. Stepping back a moment to look at the whole picture after changing something in your design is important when painting. Most times you can correct something unless you add a color that is not easily liftable. I could have tried a magic eraser, but didn’t want to go through the trouble since this is only a Greeting card – it will make someone happy and I thought it doesn’t have to be perfect. However, if I was to make this for a painting I would have probably used a magic eraser, or added a napkin over it, or tried something to correct my mistake. I hope you are enjoying learning how to paint along with me or if you are just observing, I hope you enjoy these “Let’s Paint” videos. Let me know if you want to see more of them.
I am going to be thrilled the day I learn how to make audio & moving videos. One day that will happen. My son had shown me awhile ago, but I need additional lessons to remember how to do it! Computer work is challenging to me!!
Happy Painting,
Vicki
Hello Everyone – Happy 4th of July! The flowers on my photo looked like firecrackers. I thought this would make a nice painting on a watercolor card to send someone around the 4th of July.
I had fun mixing colors to get the colors I want using my color chart – something that has saved me lots of time! I have lots more photos from my trips and also subjects just around the house. Painting is so fun, rewarding, and challenging all at the same time!
Happy Creating,
Vicki