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?...
by Lachri | Feb 3, 2023 | Art tips
Viewer question from a livestream: how can I stop being nervous of messing up the canvas? 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 coffee mugs to make sure we don’t...
by Lachri | Feb 2, 2023 | Livestreams
We’re going to be painting cactus against a star-filled desert night in acrylics, step by step! This will be different than my livestreams you’ve seen in the past. For the first portion of this stream we will only be talking about and focusing on the art...
by Lachri | Jan 29, 2023 | Art tips
In a recent livestream, Violet Sky asked:In regards to canvas or print sizes, does one sell better than another? 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 coffee mugs to...
by Lachri | Jan 28, 2023 | Art tips
I’ve started doing this one thing every day, for just 5 or 10 minutes! It doesn’t take much to make a big change in your artwork! 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 | Jan 27, 2023 | Art tips, Charcoal, Colored Pencil
Is varnishing or a fixative needed for colored pencil work? What about when you mix charcoal or pan pastels? I personally only use a fixative (spectrafix) when working in mixed media with colored pencils such as charcoal/colored pencil or pan pastels/colored pencil....
