Painting flowers is a soothing practice that can sometimes take a little patience. With a loose style of watercolour painting, you can experiment with the medium and allow yourself to give up a little bit of control.
A loose style of painting comes naturally for some and tends to be…
So you want to start watercolour painting, but you don’t know where to begin. There are a few essential tools you’ll need that I will be covering in a variety of posts to help you understand the benefits and disadvantages of different supplies. Today, let’s talk about one of…
It’s been feeling a lot like Christmas over on the Wonder Forest YouTube channel lately. The Holiday Card series will teach you how to create lovely, unique cards that you can send to your family and friends this season.
Each card is perfect for both beginner and advanced watercolour artists…
Happy Black Friday!
As many of you know, I run an online members only Watercolour Workshop where I teach the fundamentals, tips and tricks of watercolour painting. Members are guided step by step through a library of video tutorials and projects which will help take them from beginners to bosses!
The…
As soon as the cold weather hits, out come my crochet hooks! It’s like an automatic reaction I have to winter. Yarn aisle at Walmart: watch out!
I am constantly scouring the internet for lovely patterns and wanted to share some of my recent favourites with you that are sure…
Fall. The season of falling leaves, cozy fires, spiced apple cider, and the realization that the holidays are going to be here any second. Like most of you, I plan throughout the year to make sure I’m ready for all the crafts and baking, but then the season arrives,…
Traveling provides a great source of inspiration for art, and some of the best art is captured when we immerse ourselves in new and exciting environments. However, drawing and keeping up with your hobby on the go can be tricky, so here are some tips and tricks that I…
Art anxiety. Whether you’re a seasoned pro, or like me, you’re just creating art for the sheer joy of it, we all can suffer from that agonizing fear that stops us from putting pen, or paint, to paper. We start of with a lovely picture in mind, and our…
Painting flowers is a great way to familiarize yourself with watercolour because there are so many different shapes you can create and so many different colour combinations to discover. You don’t have to be a professional artist to dabble in floral painting, because even the simplest, most loose arrangements…
My hand lettering journey started during high school with copperplate calligraphy. After a many (many) year break, I started relearning hand lettering in both calligraphy and brush lettering. While I’m still a hand lettering newbie, here are my top six books that I use all the time for tips,…
One of the things I had a lot of trouble with when I started filming videos for my YouTube channel and Watercolour Workshop was figuring out a way to secure my camera above my work table for the perfect birds-eye-view. Facing the camera downwards on a standard tripod always…
