by Lachri | Mar 7, 2023 | Acrylic painting, Art tips, Livestreams
I’m going to walk you through step by step painting this beautiful bird live! Grab your paints and follow along! The livestream will be Wednesday March 15th at 8pm CT Supplies I will be using: (amazon affiliate links) 8×10″ Fredrix watercolor canvas board...
by Lachri | Mar 4, 2023 | Art tips, Vlogs
You’ve got an amazing idea for a painting or drawing. Then procrastination hits. That idea just melted away into nothing. The chances of you actually following through with that idea are slim to none. If you start working through an idea, you need to at least...
by Lachri | Mar 3, 2023 | Art tips, Livestreams, Vlogs
Do you find yourself having trouble coming up with ideas for your work time and time again? Why not choose a single element and base multiple paintings around that theme? A rose, an octopus, a chickadee, heck…even a fork will do. Your job is to simply find a way...
by Lachri | Feb 25, 2023 | Art tips, Colored Pencil, Full Beginner Art Lessons, Livestreams
This week I’m going to walk you through an essex butterfly! Join me at 8pm CT for this live event! Supplies I will be using (amazon affiliate links) Canson Mi-Teintes black https://amzn.to/3kTBs9C (I’m going to work on the smooth side) Derwent Lightfast...
by Lachri | Feb 25, 2023 | Acrylic painting, Art tips
From the time we’re children holding our first paint brush, we ALL do this. We’re shown how to do this. It is the start of a dirty terrible horrible habit. You’ve been painting with a brush, now it’s covered in paint, and you put it in the sink...
by Lachri | Feb 18, 2023 | Art tips
If you’re like me, your art studio is inside your home. This means we have different challenges to setting up our studio space than someone with any other type of art studio. #1 Protect Your Floors A canvas drop cloth can cover your carpet wall to wall! I like...
by Lachri | Feb 12, 2023 | Art tips
It’s easy enough to recognize when something is wrong with your work. It’s a good first step, but how do you figure out what exactly is wrong and needs adjusting? One of the easiest ways is to turn your painting or drawing upside. This is going to make...
by Lachri | Feb 11, 2023 | Art tips
I’m not sure what it is about painting and drawing that makes people think them wanting your work for free should be flattering to you somehow. Or thinking that an original painting should cost the same as a poster. I seriously had someone who wanted to spend...
by Lachri | Feb 10, 2023 | Acrylic painting, Art tips
We were all taught to do this from the time we were children. It may make sense when you’re cooking, but not when painting! We all need to be reminded “Don’t drink the paint water” and other fun artist sayings. Why not wear it on our clothes or...
by Lachri | Feb 9, 2023 | Art tips
We’re painting a clownfish and anemone in watercolor and colored pencil! For the first portion of this stream we will only be talking about and focusing on the art lesson. After that we will move onto the chat and Q&A. Supplies I will be using (amazon...
by Lachri | Feb 6, 2023 | Art tips
Having trouble pinpointing your artistic style? You don’t know how to figure out what it is that will make you different? I often tell artists that your style finds you the more you paint and draw. That is still true, but let’s take it a step farther. If...
by Lachri | Feb 4, 2023 | Art tips
We use our sketchbook to map out ideas with images. You should always do that every chance you get, but in addition to that, try writing down every weird/random/terrible idea you have for a painting. Frog on a shoe? What if there were flowers growing out of the shoe?...
