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June 1 TuesdayToolsAndTechniques hard edge texture texture tuesday tools and techniques watercolor watercolours Jun 01, 2021

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...

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May 27 ThirdDegreeThursday children third degree thursday top three May 27, 2021

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!

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May 26 WednesdayWins sephora sunscreen supergoop unseen sunscreen wednesdaywins May 26, 2021

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...

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May 25 TuesdayToolsAndTechniques masking tuesday tools and techniques watercolor watercolours May 25, 2021

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...

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May 20 ThirdDegreeThursday third degree thursday May 20, 2021

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?

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Art & Soul Insider Newsletter May 21 b art & soul insider benefits of giving brown giving how to make brown secondary colours tertiary colours May 19, 2021

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Last Art & Soul Insider, I covered the beginning aspect of colour. Now I will include secondary and tertiary colours. To freshen your memory, blue, red and yellow are Primary Colours. They are considered primary colours because no colour combination can make them.

To explain how to create Seco...

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May 19 WednesdayWins cancer journey cancer patients cancer treatment compassion house cross cancer institute edmonton oilers fundraiser hillberg & berk just giving radiation sorrentino's compassion house walk her way fundraiser wednesdaywins May 19, 2021

This past weekend was the Walk Her Way fundraiser for Sorrentino's Compassion House in Edmonton, Alberta. I stayed at Compassion House, for 31 days, as I got the radiation part of my cancer treatment. I was so fortunate that I was able to stay there, instead of driving 4 hours everyday to and from m...

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May 18 TuesdayToolsAndTechniques tools and techniques tuesday tools and techniques watercolor watercolours May 18, 2021

Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques looks like we are doing some baking in the art studio. We are taking some coarse salt and mixing it with watercolours. This technique can give your work some texture. It is a fun technique to play with as there is some magic in the lift!

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May 12 WednesdayWins recycle recycling staples wednesdaywins May 12, 2021

Today's #WednesdayWins goes to a big box store! Really?!?! Yes, you read that right! This store is doing its part at helping the country, and the world, to be a bit greener! I was having a hard time recycling this object. Therefore I was so happy to hear that they did recycling! So, I donated my rec...

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May 11 Tuesday ToolsAndTechniques drawing drawing techniques squiggles tuesday tools and techniques May 11, 2021

Welcome to #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques ! Hopefully you are doing well on this day. Today's technique is a continuation of the drawing techniques of the Tuesdays of past. This isn't really a certified technique but it is used by artists none the less. It is the 'squiggles.' As cute as this name sounds...

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May 5 WednesdayWins hair jenny vanhair jenny vanhorne raw beauty st. albert wednesdaywins May 05, 2021

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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Art & Soul Insider 2021 May May 02, 2021

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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...

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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!