Autumn is here, and it’s the perfect time to celebrate the season with a relaxing and creative art project. In Part 2 of my Metallic Fall Watercolours series, we’ll bring the beautiful landscape we sketched last week to life with rich, shimmering colors. Whether you’re an experienced artist or just ...

Metallic Fall Watercolours - Part 1: Sketching a Beautiful Fall Landscape

🎨 Welcome to the first part of our Metallic Fall Watercolours series!

Are you ready to escape into a serene fall-inspired art project? In today’s blog post, we’ll explore everything about my latest YouTube video, Metalli...

Unleashing Creativity with Arteza Metallic Watercolours: Best Professional Metal Watercolours for Your #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques

Welcome to another #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques, where we dive into the world of art materials and techniques. Today's spotlight is on the incredible Arteza Metallic Wat...

Gesso

#TuesdayToolsAndTechniques has to do with painting. It's not the paints I'm talking about but gessoed surfaces. Gesso is like a primer and prepares the surface for paint. 

Surfaces

One can have a variety of surfaces gessoed. You can gesso the canvas by it self and paint on it like that. You...

Lipstick

#FridayFinds is, I think, an old #FridayFinds, but in a new way! Today, I am going to talk about Hourglass lipsticks. There is the newly released Unlocked Satin Creme lipstick, and the oldie but goodie, Confession Ultra Slim High Intensity Refillable lipstick. I love the one swipe and the ...

Sets of Colours

#TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is all about sets! Sometimes, an artistic manufacturing company will sometimes take say, their watercolour pans, and create a set of the colours. This is instead of, or in addition to, a basic primaries set with black.

Art Philosphy

Take for example the ...

Where did May go?

Wow! I almost typed in May... How can it be over so fast? We are now in the sixth month of the year! Wow! This year has gone so quickly. Has it been that way with you?

Dollar Store Browsing

Today's #FridayFinds comes from the Dollar Store. In my town, the Dollar Store is not eve...

Which do you prefer?

#ThirdDegreeThursday has a question about weather. The past two days, we've had rain. I love hearing it against the roof and windows. I love the roll of thunder. And if lightning cracks, I pray it doesn't touch down on anything flammable and that people are safe. A few years ag...

Smart Sweets

#FridayFinds is Smart Sweets. And my, oh my, are they good. I found them at Costco one day and haven't looked back, as they are always in my cart...even with me watching my sugar intake. With only 3g of sugar, they make for a nice treat. If you can, buy them at Costco as they are more ...

What are Oracle cards?

#WednesdayWins is about oracle cards."Gabriela Herstik defines oracle cards as a set of divinatory cards that are used for personal exploration and ritual. If that sounds a lot like tarot, that's because they are. But unlike tarot decks, which always have 78 cards, divided in...

Today for #WednesdayWins  I am thinking of some very special people. They are firefighters.

The fire

In Alberta, the province I live in, there are forest fires` throughout  the province. It is quite scary. in fact, there is a fire close to home and has impacted the lives of people we love. They ha...

This past Saturday, on Art & Soul Insider Creation Time, and this Wednesday coming up, I shared a very special medium. For my colour swatches on my page, I used the Arteza Metallic 24 pan set, Now this is a special medium, but it isn't the material I am referencing to. Say you don't have a metallic ...