If your yard is filled with fall leaves like mine is, go outside now before they start to crumble and grab several of various sizes. You can use them as stencils to create your own one of a kind fall … Continue reading
Category Archives: Painting
Today I was playing around with some watercolor techniques described in the book The Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook: Landscapes by Gordon MacKensie.I saw an exercise that looked like it would be really simple to do– negative painting. Negative painting (or drawing) … Continue reading
Today the grandkids were painting with poster paints. Ninja Boy finished his painting, asked for a new piece of paper, and decided to try something he saw demonstrated last week. Remember our post about Julie Rice, the ink fingertip painter? … Continue reading
Over three years ago a longing to learn to paint with watercolors began to grow inside of me. I bought watercolor paints and some paper and brushes, and they sat on a shelf waiting for me. Of course, my excuse … Continue reading
Last but certainly not least, we are finishing up our posts about some of the crafters at Silver Dollar City. Today we share about a woman who paints on silk.Rose Monzyk started off with oil painting but realized it was … Continue reading
Did you enjoy the post about the fingertip painter yesterday? We interviewed several crafters at Silver Dollar City. There were just so many of them, there is no way we could interview them all. You should go check it out … Continue reading
We are sharing with you this week some of the amazing artists that set up shop at the National Harvest Festival at Silver Dollar City. Yesterday, we showed you Dennis’ bronze sculptures. Today we get to look at a unique … Continue reading
My Hubby just recently started working from home. As of right now he doesn’t have an official office space in the house. However, he does have plans to work out something that he can call his own. When he was … Continue reading
This week we have been talking about printing your own fabric. And that takes paint. Fabric paint is usually more expensive than regular acrylic craft paint. But what if you already have lots of acrylic paint on hand?Will it work … Continue reading
Sometimes you need a certain color fabric with a unique print design for a project and your fabric store doesn’t have anything near what you have in mind. Don’t despair, just print your own fabric! I have been having fun … Continue reading