The last few Tuesday's I shared about hard and rough textures in watercolours. This #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is all about creating soft texture with watercolours. You would use this technique in creating fluffy, soft clouds that hang in our skies.

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Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques , is about texture, rough texture. This it the type of texture that is on the side of a old wooden barn door or siding. It isn't a smooth hard texture or a soft texture, it is bumpy, sharp, rough texture. You know the kind. The key is to dry your brush off, but it'...

Today's #WednesdayWins is about makeup! One thing I don't like is putting on makeup and then later it is all gone! How can we make this a win?  Besides a permanent way by tattooing it on, there is a lipstick that can last a long time. What's nice is that it is not just the brand I am showing you (Pa...

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This edition of Art & Soul Insider newsletter will focus on the continuation of the element of colour.

The colour wheel can be divided into two. It can be categorized as warm and cool colours. Warm colours are considered reds, oranges and yellows. While cool colours are seen as blues, greens a...

Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is all about hand made watercolour pans. Artists, not that long ago, made their paints, now it is a rarity and a treasure. I found out about Wildthorne ( @wildthorne ) from an Instagram fellow artist, Andrea Garvey ( @andreagarveyart ). Andrea had received a Wildth...

Today is #ThirdDegreeThursday .  The summer time temperatures are hitting us now, as today is nearing the 30's. With that said, it is about that time of year that we have a lot of  what I am sharing about today. But then again, this can be down in all the seasons, and I wonder if what you do changes...

Welcome to #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques ! Today is all about another watercolour technique. It is one of the easiest techniques to do: the hard edge. "The hard edge" is for painting objects that have a crisp straight line/edge. Think of the side of the house, a door, a picture frame, a table, a comput...

Welcome to #ThirdDegreeThursday ! Today the question has to do with children and what is important....your top three! Have a listen to the question and share what you think!

Welcome to #WednesdayWins ! Here today it was a mix of sun and cloud; you know the kind of day: sunny then cloudy, then the sun breaks free and then cloudy. Everyday I wear sunscreen and I had the hardest time trying to find a sunscreen that felt good on my face. Well my quest has ended. I have foun...

Did you know you can use wax as a material you can use when watercolouring? Really you can! The wax is being used like a masking technique. First, you place the wax down where you want an area to remain white. Then you take your watercolours and begin painting. This type of masking can be used for c...

Welcome to #ThirdDegreeThursday ! I had a tough time with this question, which you might find very easy! Who knows until you answer it. If you had all your basic needs met (food, shelter, clothing), what would be extra?