One great advantage of working with linoprints, or any kind of hand printing technique for that matter, is that you can experiment with different colors and different supports with the same linoc...
I am selling a few online classes on this blog and 2 of them (26 weeks of inspiration and training and 12 weeks of drawing explorations) are built around assignments and feedback I give to arti...
https://paintingdemos.com/what-did-i-get-myself-into-pushing-your-limits
I have been writing posts since April 2010 on this blog, I was surprised as it did not seem that long ! Anyways this is the 8 years anniversary for paintingdemos.com !! Time flies… So I thought...
https://paintingdemos.com/the-8-most-popular-posts-of-all-time
In part 1 , we saw how you can paint over a drawing and how you could build an image with lines, loops, scribbles patterns or words. In part 2 we will talk more about using drawing medium on canv...
https://paintingdemos.com/between-drawing-and-painting-part-2
The definition of what constitute a drawing is not as simple as it looks. Sometimes a drawing is defined by the tools you use (pen, pencil, crayon versus paint), sometimes it is defined by the us...
Once in a while, I enjoy working in black and white. You might also enjoy the simplicity, contemporary look and heighten impact of paintings and drawings made in black and white I am working with...
In art a monotype or monoprint is a print taken from oil paint, or ink on glass or metal Making felt tip pens monotypes is an easy and fast way to make a drawing from a picture, and you can do it...
If you like to work in layers for your paintings, you usually start with some background of visual texture. There are many ways to make this background, recently I have been looking at using a Sp...
https://paintingdemos.com/spirograph-tree-using-a-spirograph-for-visual-texture
If you are like me, you might be intimidated by sketchbooks, especially when they are new. Who knows you might get a new sketchbook for Christmas and need some sketchbook inspiration:)Actually th...
This year for Culture Days Sophie Babeanu and I did have a fun activity where participants were drawing a selfie, the old fashion way 🙂 That is without a cell phone. Culture Days is a weekend...
Ink resist is an exciting technique that you can use in your mixed media paintings. It can seem a bit tricky at first though, so here is a video that will show you all the steps in details. Ink ...
https://paintingdemos.com/ink-resist-technique-a-video-tutorial
I like to add patterns to most of my paintings: to my flower paintings, figures but also landscapes and forest paintings. Recently I did paint this forest scene with lots of added patterns. Here ...
https://paintingdemos.com/adding-patterns-to-an-acrylic-forest-painting-discovery-walk
Pastels come in 2 types: oil pastels and dry pastels. They are very different medium as dry pastels is more like chalk and oil pastels have a very creamy texture. You might also like: How to use...
https://paintingdemos.com/dry-pastels-alternative-ways-of-using-them-in-mixed-media
We all have different ways of working and there are many possibilities to make a preparatory drawing for a painting. To make that drawing some artists will project an image from a picture on thei...
When you have to start a new painting, you have many decisions to take: What to paint, with what medium, etc… one of the most important decision to take is the scale of the painting, what size...
https://paintingdemos.com/seeing-big-the-importance-of-scale-in-painting
Intuitive painting: When painting, you need a bit of planning, but it is also nice to leave some space for surprises and use your intuition. The more I paint, the more I plan before painting but ...
I used to be very impatient and rush to paint, I so wanted to have fun with the paint that I was skipping the preparatory sketches phase. As I am getting more experienced, I now realize the virtu...
https://paintingdemos.com/preparatory-sketches-what-are-they-for
Artists might work from imagination or from reference pictures, sometimes mixing a bit of both. When working from a reference picture, you might need to scale your drawing so it fits on your ...
https://paintingdemos.com/scaling-your-drawing-the-grid-method
Using a dipping pen and ink to add patterns to your artwork can seem a bit intimidating at first but it is very easy to draw with a pen and it has many advantages. You might also be interested in...
https://paintingdemos.com/drawing-patterns-with-a-dipping-pen-and-ink
I like how the bright lights of the traffic are visually interesting in Vancouver when it is raining. Here is a watercolor cityscape tutorial that will give you at least a reason to like the rain...
Watercolor doesn’t have to be serious and technical all the time, have fun experimenting with watercolor , Spirograph and zentangle designs on ARTiful, painting demos. You might also like: Fun...
Zentangles and watercolor are working well together, especially on a large scale forest painting, see what steps you can take to paint and draw some beautiful zentangle trees. Start by painting...
I usually like to mount paper on board before I start painting as this allows me to stretch it in the process of mounting it. But you might have a few watercolor paintings on paper, that are alre...
Painting watercolor trees and leaves can seem challenging because of the amount of details you need to render to make them look realistic. Here is how you can do it step by step This painting is ...
https://paintingdemos.com/riverbank-how-to-paint-trees-and-leaves-with-watercolor
Mixing media is fun and freeing. See how you can add zentangle designs on top of a painting done with fluid Acrylic, and paint a beautiful zentangle forest. To paint a zentangle forest, you will ...
If you like to draw zentangles, you might want to try adding zentangle patterns to some of your paintings. Here how you can do it on an acrylic forest painting on canvas. I did paint this paintin...
https://paintingdemos.com/morning-walk-liquid-acrylic-and-markers-on-canvas
I have been incorporating zentangle patterns and various designs into my paintings for some time now and this is a direction I am continuing to explore. I wanted to paint a quite large forest t...
https://paintingdemos.com/embroidered-forest-watercolor-acrylics-and-zentangles-painting-tutorial
You can paint with watercolors on canvas, it works very well for wet into wet techniques for example. The challenge with painting with watercolors on canvas is that it is difficult to layer water...
https://paintingdemos.com/watercolor-and-zentangle-painting-on-canvas-forest-quilt
Twitter Art Exhibit postcard ready to be mailed I painted this watercolor and mixed media zentangle postcard to send to the Twitter Art Exhibit. It is a fundraising where Artists send postcard si...
I did start this watercolor for a demo at the Opus Art Store, this is why some areas of the painting are almost done at the beginning. I wanted to show different stages of the painting. Once back...
https://paintingdemos.com/painting-trees-with-watercolor-hiking-with-the-dogs
Painting a forest with watercolor can seem tricky but if you take it one step at a time, you can get pretty good results. This watercolor was painted directly on a paper that was mounted on boar...
https://paintingdemos.com/arborescences-painting-a-forest-with-watercolor
Lily pads are an inspiring subject for a painting, so many colors and then the reflections on the water! Here is how to paint lily pads with watercolor. This painting has been painted from a refe...
https://paintingdemos.com/lily-pads-on-one-mile-lake-painting-lily-pads-with-watercolor
When you paint with watercolors you have different ways of mixing your colors: You can mix them directly on your palette, mix them on the paper wet into wet, or layer them. Layering watercolor wi...
https://paintingdemos.com/the-trees-place-watercolor-triptych
Mixed media are a lot of fun! If, like me you like mixing drawing and painting media, you might want to experiment with the idea of mixing graphite, India Ink and Acrylic paint on canvas. Here is...
https://paintingdemos.com/specks-of-light-mixed-media-on-canvas-india-ink-graphite-and-acrylic
Painting a watercolor from a complex reference picture can be overwhelming, so many details to paint! Having a plan and dealing with only a few elements at one time can make painting a complex sc...
Watercolor is such a great medium to render reflections on water and paint beautiful scenes with lily pads. One of the trick to render a water scene is to pay attention to the quality of your e...
https://paintingdemos.com/nymph-echo-painting-lilly-pads-and-reflections-on-water-with-watercolor
Painting watercolor trees and leaves can be tricky, you have to decide what level of detail you want to achieve. When painting a tree from a distance, artists will usually look for areas of the...
This is a watercolor and mixed media landscape, I wanted to try painting a bigger sized watercolor but was limited by the size of my paper and the boards I had available so I thought painting a ...
I did this painting for the watercolor biennale coming up at the Federation of Canadian Artists in Granville Island ( Vancouver ). I had a few guidelines to follow : the size had to be 19 x 27 wh...
https://paintingdemos.com/painting-trees-and-leaves-on-either-side-of-the-river-watercolor-on-paper
I wanted a different perspective to paint that tree, a bit as if you were taking a nap there. I also was thinking about yarn bombing and these were my inspirations for the colors on the branches ...
https://paintingdemos.com/knitting-the-wind-painting-a-tree-with-mixed-media