Fearless Friday, Pam’s Hydrangeas
My painting inspiration today came from Pam at Everyday Living, a long time blogging friend and a fellow Alabamian Pam and her “Renaissance Man” have the most incredible garden which she often posts about. I am always drooling over her gorgeous blooms and I hope she doesn’t mind that I borrowed a photo … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Watercolor & ink
The hardest part of painting for me is editing what I see Food fascinates me not only because I love to cook, but because of all the magical colors and textures Painting every single detail is not my thing, I’m just not that patient…my style is more impressionistic than realistic … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Peach Pie
Okay, since it’s been all about peaches this week on the Painted Apron, you probably saw this coming… A peach painting~ Peaches are fascinating to me because if you look closely you can see many different colors in their skins This Waterlogue version of the original photo really emphasizes the … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Firecrackers!
Here’s a fun design that anyone can do, easy peasy! Start with a color sketch of what you want to paint, either your own sketch or an inspiration photo I used $2 white rustic chargers from Hobby Lobby and glossy acrylic craft paint in red, white, blue, black, yellow and orange … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Breaking Waves
I posted a tutorial about this painting 2 years ago, long before Fearless Friday was born I have had a very busy end of May, and sadly haven’t touched my paint brushes or pens, but I hope to make up for it in the next few weeks I hope you don’t mind the … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Impasto
A large abstract floral painting has been on my to do list since last Spring when I was commissioned by a friend to paint Bloom I also wanted to experiment with using gel mediums and decided to incorporate impasto Impasto is a painting technique using very thick amounts of paint resulting in a … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Roses for Mother’s Day!
Roses for Mother’s Day! This is a special Fearless Friday~ An artist blogger buddy, Jodi joined me in a watercolor demonstration to show you how 2 artists can paint the same subject and have 2 different intrepretations, 2 similar, yet very different paintings I sent her this photo and she painted the … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Candle Party Plates
Let’s have some party fun today and paint some festive candles 🎂 You don’t have to be an artist to paint these funky candles, all you need is a rough sketch to plan the colors and design Some paint,* and several brushes * if you aren’t painting on glass, … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Just Dance…
🍀 Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀 Today is also CC’s 4th birthday! Wasn’t it only yesterday that she was turning 1? CC is quite a little artist herself, and she also loves to dance Just dance! Her mom asked me to do a watercolor ballet dress for … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Heartbeat
This painting was commissioned by a special friend, {who also keeps my hair magically blonde} for her new space in an upscale French themed salon She wanted an abstract that was sophisticated, yet pretty, interesting, but not too busy… Something to remind her to keep calm and carry on… We looked at … Continue reading
