Strawberry season is here! In this week’s free painting project Donna Dewberry helps you create this sweet. summertime fruit with her One-Stroke painting technique.
This project would look great painted on labels for strawberry and cherry preserves or on decorative crates in a kitchen or garden. Happy picking and painting!
Summer is here and you’ll find plenty of painting inspiration in the gardens around you. This week’s free project shows you how to capture the beauty of flowers with colored pencils.
You’ll learn how to recreate the overlapping petals and extreme lighting in this painting. You’ll also practice the grid method to render the details in the petals. This week’s free painting project is from Lifelike Drawing in Colored Pencil with Lee Hammond. In the book you’ll get:
Easy instruction on difficult subjects such as water, glass, silver, sunsets, skin tone, hair and more
More than 40 step-by-step projects using basic techniques and readily available supplies
More than 400 illustrations and photos for easy reference
There’s nothing more adorable than baby animals and in this week’s free painting project you’ll learn how to paint a baby raccoon step-by-step.
There’s no doubt that the eyes have it when painting an animal. If you can capture the right warmth, light and reflection in the eyes, the animal will seem to come to life. This week’s project will teach you how to capture that lifelike quality in your animal paintings. This baby raccoon is from the book Painting More Animal Friends by Jeanne Filler Scott.
In the book you’ll get:
* 21 paint-along projects on a variety of animals from chipmunks and deer to elephants, tigers, colorful, exotic birds and more
* Step-by-step instruction in easy-to-use acrylics, plus drawing templates that let you get started right away
* Expert instruction on painting ears, tails and all parts in between—including tips for painting a range or fur, skin and plumage textures.
* An entire chapter devoted to painting baby animals
Painting moving water can be difficult. This week’s free painting project shows you how to paint a decorative fountain complete with running water.
The water in this project is painted with very thin paint and a rake brush. You can purchase a rake brush or you can make your own by using a small pair of scissors to randomly cut notches in the bristles of a flat brush. Extend your cuts about halfway down the bristles and be sure to leave some of the bristles their original length. This week’s free project comes from the book Paint Charming Cottages & Villages by Kerry Trout. In the book you’ll get:
* Ten step-by-step projects on painting charming homes in a variety of architectural styles.
* Dozens of mini demonstrations on elements such as porch swings, picket fences and quilts fluttering on a clothesline to embellish your scene.
* Instructions on adding seasonal touches of fall foliage, spring flowers and winter snows to your paintings.
Pen and ink is a fun medium to dabble in. This week’s free project teaches you how to draw a cat in pen and ink.
This demonstration uses a linear technique that works well for beginners and experienced pen-and-ink artists, so give this project a try. This pen-and-ink cat drawing comes from the book Drawing and Painting Animals: The Essential Guide from the editors of North Light Books. In this best-of-the-best guide, ten best-selling artists share their favorite tips for rendering wildlife, beloved pets and farmyard animals. More than 30 step-by-step demonstrations provide key lessons that make painting these subjects less intimidating and more fun.
In the book, you’ll learn how to:
capture realistic fur and feather textures, expressions and the many distinguishing details that make your paintings lifelike.
work with a variety of media including pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, watercolor, acrylic, colored pencil and pastel.
paint a variety of animals—dogs, cats, rabbits, sheep, cattle, pigs, goats, llamas, deer, elephants, birds and more.
