Skin tones can be tricky to achieve. This video is the culmination of all I've learned about painting pale skin tones. I've also put together a workbook that follows along, full of pages for drawing and painting practice with templates to help you get familiar with the colour wheel and to learn how to mix colours for pleasing effects, skin tones and shadows. Get it here: https://www.chasingthejoyartwork.com/shop/p/cant-wait-to-paint-watercolour-skin-tones
If you'd like to paint pumpkins in time for Halloween then this video is for you! In it, you'll get detailed drawing instructions, colour selection and mixing tips, as well as, advice on how to apply watercolour paint.
This month I've been inspired by my Spring garden and have painted a watercolour wisteria surrounded by a buzz of bees. In this video I'll show you my drawing and painting process from inspiration to creation.
If you struggle to find your creative flow, this video is for you! In this video I reveal all my tips and tricks for how I find my creative flow state in the hope it helps you to find yours. Level up your creative flow head space!
I'm a huge fan of Snail Mail! This month I've created 2 Snail Mail envelope templates. One for you to colour yourself, and the other, one I've painted for you. See it being created here.
Here, from initial colour swatching to the finished artwork, I'll show you how I used bright watercolours to paint a more whimsical white character, and, 3 ways to fix watercolour mistakes.
See it in action! Let my Chatterbox Chooser increase the fun and decrease the stress of writing. Perfect for inspiring your junior writers.
My 5 simple steps to writing superb haiku! If you are looking to create publish-worthy poetry AND develop a concise writing style on your creative journey this year, then this video is for you.
Welcome to my animated video on writing dynamic characters! In this video, I'll show you how to use my dice roll templates quickly and easily to help you develop well-rounded and relatable characters for your stories
As an artist, you really only need 8 colours for a full range of colour. If you’re happy to mix on the go, and I’m always full of admiration for those artists I see painting on location with the tiniest of palettes, then 8 would be enough (some might argue, excessive). Unfortunately, my use of colour leans towards abundance and so my very ‘limited’ palette has 39 colours.
This video shows all of my 39 colour choices for my holiday artwork this January. For a full list of the colours and/or to read more about how to select the 8 must-have colours mentioned above, go to chasingthejoyartwork.com
www.chasingthejoyartwork.com/blog/libra-brain-choosing-a-holiday-colour-palette
To gouache, or not to gouache? That is the question.
My personal style is watercolour and I particularly love the juxtaposition of bright luminous colours with deep dark blue hues. However, I often find it difficult to make the watercolour bright enough, or, dark enough for my taste. So I thought I'd give gouache a go. Though I love the delicate transparency of watercolour glazes, sometimes you just want to make a bright splash, and for that, you need gouache!
I’ve put together a simple painting project video here to show you both my process and the Himi gouache, a great set to begin with.
To start, I always spray my paints to “wake them up”, then use a wet brush to pick up the colour. I’ve also made myself a colour swatch card on 300gsm paper, because a dry colour block can look very different from the colour they’ll be in your artwork; and also because I wanted to see how gouache would react with salt and splashes of water.
If you love bold bright colours like I do, then gouache is definitely something to consider!
Happy joy chasing.
Monique x
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In this project I used:
0.3 2B mechanical pencil
Himi gouache 24 colour palette
300gsm watercolour paper
Prismacolor pencils
Music:
Back To Normal by Judson Crane