Last week I shared with you some irridescent colours, that were watercolours, that can be painted on black. This week I am showing you other types of watercolours that are fun and creative. Watercolours aren't just plain 'colours,' but can be visually different for our eyes. Have a look at the video...

For today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques we are looking at some watercolour paints. These colours are glorious and full of light. It is a 24 watercolour half-pan set. What is beautiful about this set is that they can also be painted on black paper; they show up amazingly. You should give them a try. I...

Happy Fall Equinox! May this fall season be full of abundance in love, joy and peace. 

As for #TuesdayToolsAnd Techniques , i am sharing about how I organize my acrylic paints. I have a fair amount and these tools help me to find the colour I need faster. Even if your paint numbers aren't as high a...

Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is about the age old tool of charcoal, but done in a new way! The charcoal is no longer black, but coloured. The tints vary from purples, blues, browns, greens, yellows and even white! This way you can create a tinted charcoal piece, besides the usual black and gre...

What is the lightest colour, besides white? And what is the darkest colour, besides black? For #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques I will share with you, the answer to these questions. Also, did you know that you can see the value of a colour by squinting your eyes? Squinting your eyes blocks out a lot of th...

Today for #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques I am sharing with you the different types of pens. They are the same pens by the fact that they all have archival ink, which is Micro pigment ink for waterproof and fade proof fine lines, but they are different by the size of their nib. These pens are great as yo...

Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is about collage. Collage is when an artist glues one thing to another. It can be paper, canvas, objects etc. that can be adhered to the main support (i.e. canvas, mdf board etc.). There are different substances that can be used as the glue. In the video, I share s...

Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is a continuation from last Tuesday. Last week i showed you burnishing with a white pencil crayon on top of another colour. This week, I am taking a coloured pencil crayon and burnishing on top of another colour.  The key to this is to pick your burnishing colour (...

For today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques I will be sharing more about pencil crayon techniques. This technique has a name and it is called burnishing. Burnishing is a technique that most people don't know and don't know how to do it. It is a very simple technique that smooths the look of the colour be...

Happy Tuesday! I hope this finds you well. Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is continuing with pencil crayon techniques. The technique is blending two similar colours together (i.e. blue into a blue). You would use this technique to show values in a piece of work (i.e. blue into another blue could...

Today is #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques . There are some amazing artworks that are created with pencil crayons. Today's technique is about blending two colours together... it could be a colour blended with a darker similar colour, or it could be two different colours blended together. whatever the colou...

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'...