by Lachri | Mar 30, 2016 | Art tips, Colored Pencil, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
This floral tutorial comes complete with a free adult coloring page to go with it! I’m working on Fabriano Artistico Extra White Hot Pressed 140lb watercolor paper and using Faber-Castell Polychromos, Caran d’Ache Luminance, Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor,...
by Lachri | Mar 2, 2016 | Art product review, Art tips, Colored Pencil
Blending colored pencils just got a whole lot easier…and faster! I was pretty excited when I first saw this new product for blending colored pencils from brushandpencil.com. I love colored pencils and typically blend with odorless mineral spirits (OMS). Not that...
by Lachri | Feb 10, 2016 | Art tips, Colored Pencil, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Today’s I’ve got a colored pencil tutorial AND a free adult coloring page for you! This underwater scene with a green sea turtle, coral, and fish took three weeks to complete so I’ve broken up the videos into two parts. Part 1 – Background...
by Lachri | Jan 26, 2016 | Art product review, Colored Pencil, Vlogs
If you’ve not heard of the Smart Art Box (affiliate link), it is a monthly subscription box available to those within the US or Canada where every month you get a box sent to your house full of full sized art supplies. Every month there is a different medium...
by Lachri | Jan 19, 2016 | Acrylic painting, Art tips, Colored Pencil, Digital paintings, Oil Painting
This seems like it should be obvious right? If something is white…just paint it white! Unfortunately, it’s not quite that easy. White objects, flowers, birds, anything…is not usually going to be straight white. As in almost never. Today I’m...
by Lachri | Jan 6, 2016 | Art tips, Colored Pencil, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Today I’m showing you how to draw a realistic great horned owl in colored pencil. I know all that detail feels like a bit too much, but I’ve got some tips on how to make it look realistic without spending the next two years working on it! I’ve even...
