There are many art classes and tutorials available online
They are a great way to learn,
practice and improve your art skills
One artist that I really like is The Frugal Crafter
She posts free videos and offers classes
in a variety of mediums and techniques
She painted the watercolor landscape below
Lately I have been watching a series of videos in
It started on Sept 23 and is open until Oct. 19
Different artists post videos of techniques they like to do
in their sketch books
and you can watch or follow along using their steps
in your own sketch book to try out their technique
I have seen some very different and creative methods!
I enjoyed this lesson, Happy Watercolor Florals
So bright and pretty!
One artist, Joy Ting Charde,
drew a forest of trees with different sticks and a toothpick,
it was very interesting to see her simple painting evolve
using these unorthodox “brushes”
Lucie Duclos demonstrates how to make a collage
with different papers and a black fine liner
This portraiture method is really cool,
the artist used a very limited color palette of 2-3 colors
Amy Maricle created beautiful sketch book pages with colored inks
and shapes drawn with ink, that are cut out and then glued down
She also added flaps to make the page interactive
Salli Swindell demonstrated how she makes her pages colorfully cohesive
This cat portrait with gouache paint is incredible!
This collage is created with paint, colored pencils, cut out shapes, and ink
This Zentangle technique fascinated me
It’s by Anita Gabrovec of Zen-linia.com
She went into detail about how to shade her designs
to really make them pop
After doing the initial zentangle design,
she used colored pencils and a white gel pen to add highlights
These images are from a free Ebook that she gives away
to the Sketchbook Revival visitors
The Sketchbook Revival 2024 is a free series of 30 videos
that are available until Oct. 19
You can access all the videos here
I hope you will watch some of the lessons,
try a new technique and be inspired!
Be Fearless!
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Sundays on Silverado/ Happiness is Homemade
Between Naps on the Porch / Turn About Tuesday
Wednesday Linky Party / Karin’s Cottage Linky Party / Creative Crafts