Part 3 of our realistic bumblebee series! Today we’re diving into a realistic watercolor bumblebee!
This painting really isn’t difficult at all, but the result is really impressive—which is my favorite kind of art tutorial!
Composition is hard and can be difficult to understand—ever wish you had a guide or checklist that you could follow? Then this course is for you! The Composition Course will take you through the basics of visual arts composition and help you master the techniques needed to create beautiful works of art with ease.
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Part 2 of our realistic drawing series explores modern shading techniques using ink! This was in no way intended to be a series, but I was thrilled to hear how much you enjoyed part 1, where we explored the contour (outline) and followed a few simple drawing tips. In that video, many of you requested a shading portion of that tutorial—so I’m here to deliver!
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Watch “over my shoulder” as I draw this realistic bumble bee freehand! Drawing realistically can be intimidating, but if you’ve been around here for very long at all, you know that I’m a firm believer that ANYONE CAN LEARN TO DRAW—and to prove it to you, let’s start with this darling little bumble bee tutorial (video!)
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Instagram is great, right? But the ever changing algorithm and pressures to perform make it a difficult platform to face head-on sometimes! Especially as a business, instagram can be a helpful tool or an absolute headache. My overall strategy has completely changed in the past year and I’m finally sharing how I’m growing my business with instagram in this blog post!
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Christmas wrapping doesn’t need to be boring! In fact, it can be more fun than actually picking out the gifts themselves (at least if you’re a terrible gift giver, like yours truly…). While I can’t compete with my husband’s wonderful ability to find and give the perfect gift, I can at least make them LOOK good. Here’s a few ways that I dressed up our family’s Christmas gifts this year:
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