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Art tips, product reviews, artist business advice and more!Acrylic Painting Tips – Realistic Sea Turtles
I'm sharing acrylic layering painting tips for creating realistic underwater scenes! See how I make my reds bright over a dark background! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu9EFl4803A Supplies used: (amazon affiliate links) I am sponsored by Fredrix canvas. The canvas...
Inktense vs Water Soluble Graphite – Art Q&A
What are the biggest differences between Inktense and Water Soluble Graphite? I'm answering one of your art questions today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-HCyBHa7nU
Colored Pencil & Mixed Media Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEEDXNia9pA I'm sharing tips for drawing a realistic bee and flowers in colored pencil over an airbrushed background! After the demonstration, I've also got an update on my baby red-eyed tree frogs! Watch my free colored pencil...
Making Time for Art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYdtVxKO9w How do I make time for art and youtube videos? My advice is the same for making time for art in general for any artist! Do you have a question you would like answered in one of these videos? Fill out the form at the bottom...
Colored Pencil Tips & Bonus Plant Tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUu3sPouynQ&t=132s I'm sharing tips for drawing a realistic orange (or tangerine?) in colored pencil! See how easy it is to layer and blend your pencils to create texture! Stay for the end of the video for my quick house plant tour!...
Tips for drawing white fur in colored pencil & Pan Pastels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsoxlkqHqAs White fur is really easy to make look realistic with the tips I have to share with you! I'm working in colored pencil and pan pastels but you can use any medium to get similar results! I'm working on the new LuxArchival...
SpectraFix leaving heavy droplets? How I fix it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8PTSK2wEy8&t=80s Are you having trouble with Spectrafix fixative leaving heavy droplets on your pastel work? Here is how I fix that problem! Supplies used: (amazon affiliate links) SpectraFix https://amzn.to/38baaqQ Fine Mist...
Red Eyed Tree Frog Painting & Frog Updates
https://youtu.be/GPfej1xzYfc I'm sharing acrylic painting tips in this painting of one of my own Red Eyed Tree Frogs! I'm also going to share some of the pros and cons I've experienced in owning and caring for these amazing little frogs! Get your own zombie snail...
Surreal Zebra & Honeycomb Acrylic Painting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEbPXt40co8 I'm sharing acrylic painting tips for making your work look more realistic in this zebra and bee surreal painting! Supplies used: (amazon affiliate links) I am sponsored by Fredrix canvas. The canvas in this video was...
Christmas Bell in Charcoal Drawing Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zyX-dON_JU I'm sharing tips for drawing a realistic Christmas Bell and Bow in Charcoal! See how easy it is to make metal surfaces look shiny! Supplies used: (amazon affiliate links) Canson Mi-Teintes Grey https://amzn.to/3kTBs9C...
Owl Oil over Acrylic Painting & Dart Frog Vivarium Updates
https://youtu.be/IMkQqKFu-8g See how I layer my paint in this oil over acrylic eagle owl painting! I'm also sharing updates on my dart frog's new vivarium! Get your own zombie snail "words are hard" merch! https://lachri-fine-art.myteespring.co...
How I record my Art Videos and Vlogs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Cizbyqg7Y&ab_channel=LachriFineArt This isn't a tech review but instead more of a show and tell about what cameras, camera bags, easel and the rest of my setup that I use for filming my art videos for those who have been asking...