Today is a post about yesterday, but it fits so well for today's WednesdayWins! Today's win goes to Jenny ("VanHair") at Raw Beauty. I have been going to Jenny for many moons. In reality, we have grown together... Jenny as a single, Jenny dating, Jenny married, Jenny gave birth to beautiful Myra, My...
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Last week I shared about the Element of Design called form. Now we will begin with the concept of colour. There is a lot to cover in this beautiful rainbow of colours, so I will be breaking it up into smaller bite size pieces! Yummy!
What is colour? To explain colour, I need to talk about scie...
Today is Thursday! What that means is it is #ThirdDegreeThursday ! Today's question is: Would you rather be a famous director or a famous actor? I gave my answer and a reason. It might surprise you!Ā
Last Saturday, at 11:20 am, I got my first 'antiCOVID shot.' To be honest, I did have some concerns about getting the shot; with the main concern being they don't really know the long term effects or side effects of the drug. But then, one needed to take an educated decision, and based on my lung hi...
Last #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques I shared about hatching. This can be used in drawing, lino work, painting and more. Well, so can crosshatching. Crosshatching is a combination of vertical and horizontal lines. When these lines are drawn closer together, one can get a darker value, in comparison when ...
Today #FridayFinds is all about the sun... or the effects of the sun. We all know that the sun has harmful rays and that sunscreen is important for us to wear. Today there are two tinted sunscreens for you to consider. First of all, there is the Jane Iredale Dream Tint a tinted moisturizer with a SP...
Just took a course with Lisa Cumes for my #WednesdayWins . She helped me with my one-liner for my business. I then purchased the Pitch Bundle and am fine-tuning it with these helpful additions.
So which one do you like the best, one or two.?...let me know!
1. I create specialty art classes. But th...
Tuesday's #ToolsAndTechniques are about a drawing technique called hatching. HatchingĀ is drawing parallel lines... the closer the lines are together, the darker the value! Thus if you want a lighter value, you would draw the lines farther a part. Next week will be about a techniques called cross-hat...
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Todayā€™s ART section will be short but sweet! So far we have covered line and shape of the Elements of Design. Today, weā€™ll talk about form. Form is very similar to shape. While shapes are 2 dimensional (length and width), form is three dimensional with length, width and depth. (visual below, th...
Today's #WednesdayWins is all about recycling. The beauty industry counts for the majoity of waste in the landfill. There are three makeup lines that I know of that are being more conscious about their product waste. Athr Beauty is 100% recyclable!! While Seint makeup and Salt New York has tins that...
Happy #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques ! Today is all about watercolours and a techniques called glazing. Layering one glazing on top of another, one can create form and dimensions! #art #artteacher #teachingonline #teachingartonline #glazing #watercolors #watercolours #barbaralynnburns #barbaraburns
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Last Art & Soul newsletter I shared about lines, while this one I am focusing on the element of shape. A shape is created when lines are joined together to enclose an area. By combining two horizontal lines and two vertical lines together, you create a square. Shapes have the dimensions of leng...
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Are you Ready to Finally Start Painting?
The Beginner's Guide to Acrylics will give you all the information you need to start painting! It is something I wish I had when I first started with acrylics. Inside is a
- checklist of supplies needed,
- a list of colours to make all the colours of the world and more!
This is your first step in learning about acrylics. The sooner you start, the sooner you paint!
I want this Guide!
