Fearless Friday, Bunny Ears
Let’s have a little bunny fun today! This bunny is shy and is hiding behind some pretty flowers The flowers are just a combination of curved strokes in various shades of pink and yellow The strokes get smaller and darker in the center of the flower Then they get bigger and lighter towards the flowers … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Lucky Sheep for St. Patrick’s Day
☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️ Today, in honor of Irish things, we are going to draw a lucky sheep! This is a simple little doodle drawing You can do this for a journal page, on a St. Patrick’s Day card, or on a gift bag I used a couple of photos from Pixabay, a … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Shamrocks
I am all about March this week, and today I want to show you how to draw/paint shamrocks so you can make some St. Patrick’s Day crafts A shamrock is just 3 or 4 heart shapes put together on a stem To paint a shamrock, or a 3 or 4 leaf clover, you just need … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Still Life with Shapes
Today’s creation was inspired by some art I saw on Pinterest The focus of these paintings is shape, portraying the still life by emphasizing shapes and using dramatic color I found a photograph I wanted to use to try this technique I uploaded it to PicMonkey, an online photo editor and played around with a … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, FloraBunny
I’m traveling today so I am going to re-share one of my favorite paintings to put you in a happy Spring frame of mind- This painting was inspired by some watercolors I saw recently by Sillier than Sally Her style is loose, whimsical and colorful, and her paintings are magic When I saw this bunny, … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Teacup Rose
Today I’m going to share a Teacup Rose painting using colored pencils and watercolor This is the inspiration photo I used The flowers are the focal point and the teacup sort of fades into the background First a pencil sketch starting with the large rose then I drew in the smaller flowers Then the teacup … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Ice Cream Sundae
Rainy dreary weather put me in the mood for a sunny ice cream sundae! And this one has zero calories 😊 The is the inspiration photo I used source I made a detailed pencil drawing with all the shape patterns of the ice cream, the dish, umbrella, strawberry, syrup and glass reflections Then I started … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Heart Flowers
I have been drawn to a whimsical Zentangle style art lately, and wanted to try it I used the photos below from Pinterest for inspiration Here we go! This is sort of a combination of intentional doodling and Zentangle, which is drawing a series of patterns You can use a template if you like I … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Fun with Flowers
Last week we painted a simple Bird on a branch with watercolor One of my good friends and a loyal reader, Leslie Anne Tarabella was inspired by this painting and wrote a special post about it The Lovely Layered Life Leslie Anne is a talented published author, Please pop over to her blog here and … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Watercolor Bird on a Branch
A recent prompt for the January 2023 Doodlewash art challenge was “branches” I often go to Pixabay for free photos to paint and when I searched for branches on their site this photo of a bird caught my eye Birds are a little out of my comfort zone so I began with a pencil sketch … Continue reading
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