Last year, Let's Make Art asked for user submissions for outlines for their subscription boxes. They narrowed it down to a few, and fans selected the winner. I think that's how it went. In any case, the outline for the Heart Hands tutorial was the user submission. It was one of the most challenging tutorials [...]
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Blossoming Apple Branch in a Jar
If you were to name Vincent Van Gogh's top five most famous paintings, arguably Almond Blossom would be in the list. Maybe slightly less well known is his Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass. It's one of my personal favorites, though. It's different from his other paintings in a few ways: the bold red line [...]
From Pigs to Portraits
In my last watercolor post, I mentioned that I had subscribed to a box from Let's Make Art, a small business just getting started in Hamilton, Missouri. In the September 2018 box, a project called "Piggy Pig" was included. It was super cute, and a lot of people (myself included) immediately made the jump to [...]
Introduction to Watercolor
Once upon a time, I clicked on an ad on Facebook... A company was advertising a watercolor subscription box. They sent you the materials for four watercolor projects each month (minus the brush and pan), and you could either watch along with their pre-recorded videos when they were released, or wait a few more days [...]