Hello Everyone,
I had fun showing you the different paints I normally use in my paintings for shadows and I tried mixing a few colors that I normally don’t use for shadows. It was interesting to see the results.
Shadows can be a challenge, it takes time and patience to learn anything, and watercolor is no exception. I love the challenges it brings. I hope you find this helpful on your watercolor journey.
Hope you are all doing well.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, I love this time of year and what the garden brings. Our three year old Clematis plant has finally taken off this year and growing flowers up the trellis everyday. We have three of them in our yard, I love them.
It’s wonderful to be able to capture favorite flowers in the garden as a painting. Painting sure makes the time go by very quickly and I look forward to what the next day can bring.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, It’s a wonderful time of year to get inspired to paint those beautiful flowers, or whatever else you can see and enjoy around you. I’m so happy I captured these Lilacs in a photograph as they do not last very long on the bush.
Lilac bush and Watercolor picture
Hope all is well with you all and you are enjoying your surroundings and can dive into a project. I’m finding the hours fly by when I can look forward to accomplishing something I’ve never tried before.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone,
Five Father’s Day Journals made! So happy to be sharing this project with you. Hope you can get some ideas for making your journals and tips to make your journal making go smoother.
It’s June, and in three weeks it will be Father’s Day. Just trying to get a head start. I will be shipping some of these and want them to arrive on time. Happy Father’s Day to all you wonderful dads!!
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, Today in Michigan it will be a little warmer. We’ve been having cold Springs lately. I welcome the warmer weather when it comes. I am enjoying my Spring wreath above my fireplace and wanted to capture a picture and painting of it.
Today I took a picture of the many beautiful blossoms on our apple tree. I also took a picture of a very big rabbit in our backyard early this morning! Spring – new beginnings, hope that things will change.
Stay well.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
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, I love to reflect on such happy memories. Hope you too had wonderful moments with family and friends this past holiday.
2019 Happy Memories
I’m looking forward to new beginnings; exploring techniques with watercolor, working with my pressed flowers, making cards, using the tools that I have to make projects, sharing my fitness journey with you and much more.
Hope you can join in the fun each week.
Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, I’m very excited today as my husband Tom just completed making the puzzle I talked about out of my bunny I painted last week for my grandchildren.
A puzzle made from a Watercolor painting
Today I painted a deer for my other grandchildren that will also be turned into a puzzle. Hopefully he can get that done in the next few days – already for Christmas!! I will show you a picture of it.
Photo of our Unexpected Visitor
Painting a Deer in Watercolor
Soon I will show you a picture of our Christmas cards we made this year as that was my 7th project I accomplished this year as I mentioned in another video – turning my materials I have in the craft room into something!
Hope you are having fun and able to stay calm and happy preparing for the holiday too.
Happy Holidays & Happy Creating,
Vicki
Hello Everyone, Week 5 brings us to the end of our tag making for the year. It was wonderful using materials I had in the craft room to create these tags.
25 Tags Till Christmas – Week 5
25 Tags Till Christmas – Week 4
25 Tags Till Christmas – Week 3
25 Tags Till Christmas – Week 2
25 Tags Till Christmas – Week 1
I think you’ll enjoy making this tag. I just decided to add the bow today and I love that look. I love using twine, it just gives things that rustic look that I love.
Have fun and happy creating,
Vicki