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Free YouTube Tutorial: Lilacs and Lilies

This class is scheduled Live on YouTube on March 17, 2023 at 7pm Central. It will be available for replay right after that. You can join live or watch later here.

Here is a reference photo

This painting is done with acrylic paints and I try my best to use the paints that are easy to find. My go to for beginner lessons is craft quality paint. Here is the list of colors with  links to what I believe is the best match. I buy my paint in bulk for my brick-and-mortar and some colors can be a challenge to find in craft paints. I did my best to match the color and best price. You may be able to find better color options or prices in your local arts and crafts store.

Paints that come in tubes will need to be watered down a little. You can add up to 30% of water to this paint to create consistency of craft quality paint. Paints in tubes should last you longer if you follow that rule. 

DISCLAIMER: I am an affiliate with Amazon and if you use the links in this post to purchase materials I will be paid a small commission at no cost to you.

List of colors for Lilacs and Lilies:

White, cerulean blue, phthalo blue, magenta, bright red,  phthalo green, chromium oxide green, lemon yellow, primary yellow. 

Here is the list of colors/paints I stick to for all my free YouTube classes.

white https://amzn.to/3wQKEni

black https://amzn.to/3jmLSno

lemon yellow https://amzn.to/3JxtAdL

primary yellow https://amzn.to/41qD2pH

magenta https://amzn.to/3Ixebb9

bright red https://amzn.to/3wQ16UV

cerulean blue https://amzn.to/3XYsFX7

phthalo blue https://amzn.to/3KDlT6c

phthalo green https://amzn.to/3KDlQaw

chromium oxide green https://amzn.to/3SxDMVR

raw sienna https://amzn.to/3KDmQvc

burnt sienna https://amzn.to/3wSnGw0

raw umber https://amzn.to/41mzncB

burnt umber https://amzn.to/3Zie9dO

Brushes:

Large flat, medium flat, medium round, small round, detail brush (round #00)

Surface:

Any canvas, board, mixed media paper, acrylic paper or watercolor paper

Other items:

Surface cover, paper towels, water for rinsing, graphite transfer paper, pencil, eraser

Patterns:

This pattern is a digital image. You are welcome to download it to your device and resize as needed. I will NOT teach the sketch for this one, it would take too long.

If you are painting on a 16 by 20 canvas, feel free to download this PDF. It is already spliced for you. Simply print pages 2-5 and assemble like a puzzle.

February Valentines YouTube Tutorial

DISCLAIMER: this post contains affiliate links with Amazon. It allows me to earn small commission at no cost to you.

This beginner friendly painting can be done on almost any surface. As you see, I painted it my sketchbook, Strathmore 300 series mixed media paper.

This painting is done with acrylics paints and I try my best to use the paints that are easy to find. My go to for beginner lessons is craft quality paint. Here is the list of colors and affiliate Amazon links to what I believe is the best match. I buy my paint in bulk and some colors, like lemon yellow or phthalo green can be a challenge to find in craft paints. I did my best with what I found on Amazon at the moment of posting this. You may be able to find better color option or price in your local arts and crafts store.

You can paint on mixed media paper, acrylic paper, cardstock, cardboard, canvas board, canvas, wood, etc. If painting on wood, make sure to sand it and apply primer or gesso before painting.

This lesson is available on YouTube, here is a direct link https://youtube.com/live/dunnQi3cN0k

Also feel free to use this pattern if you need help with drawing a sketch.

If you need to resize the image to fit a 16 by 20 canvas, I use this website a lot https://www.blockposters.com/create/

Watercolor Snowman Free Class on YouTube

This snowman is super cute and I couldn’t help but create him in watercolor!

Snowman in Watercolor

This class takes place Live on YouTube and is available here for replay.

I use rose/magenta, some bright red, some bright orange, black and pretty dark blue here. I’m not giving you any specific colors because the best part about it is that you can use what you have and love :). I also use some shiny glitter glue to add sparkly snow in the end.

Here is the tracer/pattern. I highly recommend AGAINST using carbon transfer paper. Instead, print out your pattern, rub a pencil on the wrong side, place it on watercolor paper and trace your design super lightly. Use a kneaded eraser to clean up the lines you don’t need. I will show you how to draw this without the pattern as well.

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Watercolor Snowman Tracer

Golden Christmas Tree on YouTube

You can watch this lesson Live on December 16, 2022 at 7pm Central or watch replay later here.

Tracer will be sent to you after you check out.  Don’t forget to check your email.

Acrylic paints:

  • Yellow ochre
  • Green gold
  • Cadmium red
  • Phthalo blue
  • Black
  • White

Assortment of brushes.

To save the tracer, simply right click on the image and save it to your computer. You can re-adjust the size as needed.