• eight fall drawing ideas
    Blog,  Fall Drawing Ideas

    Eight Simple Drawing Ideas to Try This Fall

    If you're like me, sometimes, you don't want to hunt for all of those drawing ideas. You just want to flip through them now to see which one you feel like working on. With that in mind, I compiled several drawing ideas from past tutorials. Some of them are from blog beginnings, so they may not have videos. The ideas are just as fun. I've divided them even further into categories: focus on watercolor backgrounds, for the love of drawing pumpkins, a bit of fun with loose watercolor, and drawing with lazy stippling. What are you waiting for? Explore!

  • How to draw a pineapple tutorial
    Blog,  Tropical Drawing Ideas

    How to Draw a Pineapple

    For me, seasons tend to carry themes. Maybe it has to do with temperatures where I live. We get a good dose of each season … frigid temperatures and snows in winter, hot and sticky summers, blooming springs, and breezy falls. As each season passes, one or two ideas grow into many ideas until they threaten to spill over into the next year. Right now, we’re in the middle of summery ninety-some-odd degree days when the pool invites and everyone looks for ways to “chill.” Maybe that’s why I’m dreaming of the tropics lately and summery, tropical drawings keep coming to mind. Why don’t we just go with that theme?…

  • How to draw bees and chamomile tutorial
    Blog,  Flower Drawing Ideas,  Watercolor and Ink

    How to Draw Bees and Chamomile

    It’s thawing outside. Tiny, almost imperceptible leaf buds are forming on the fruit trees (witnessed as I pruned the trees), and the bees are flying again. That means the hubby is planning for spring hive work, buzy bees and then honey season. It’s still too early for actual blooming flowers, so we’ll have to imagine some ... Chamomile goes really well with honey. Let’s draw our inspiration from these things for our tutorial. Ready to paint a little spring?