Every year I say the same thing, and every year so far I’ve changed my mind at the last minute. This year will be different! Has your Christmas been cancelled this year? I was sad to hear from a good friend that this year her usual hosting of Thanksgiving had been cancelled for family reasons.Read more ⟶
Tag: Christmas
Everything You Need for your Christmas Paintings in one place!
Seven Hours of Non-Stop Christmas Watercolor Tutorials – in just Two Videos! Our latest LOOONG video is now up for your enjoyment! Last week we collated eleven of our most popular and fun Christmas videos from previous years into one four hour long video for your convenience and enjoyment – and today we’re bringing youRead more ⟶
Christmas is Coming!
Here’s a great offer this month for members of either Patreon or YouTube at the mid tier or above! We are producing beautiful collections of our Christmas themed sketches for you to download and print out to help with your Christmas projects. So far there are two colouring books – Whimsical Christmas and Traditional Christmas,Read more ⟶
A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Here’s a traditional version of a contented partridge nestling in a pear tree just in time for Christmas! The sketch for this painting is available free to download here and full instructions are on the video which you can watch by clicking below: Materials Here are the materials I used to create this painting. PaintsRead more ⟶
Easy Last-Minute Christmas Cards
Squeezing in painting time is often a challenge no matter how much you want to do it, and lengthy projects often fall by the wayside this time of year. I know – happens to me too! So here are some quickies that you can do in just a few minutes, with the minimum of materialsRead more ⟶
Whimsical Angels
Every year I hang three little wooden angels on the tree for Christmas. These little angels have been with me through thick and thin and have lived on three continents with me. Somehow they have managed to stick around despite all the upheaval in my life. This year I decided to use them as modelsRead more ⟶
Red Cardinal on Snowy Holly
Everyone loves the Red Cardinal, the brightest spot in the winter in many cold climes. Nothing says Christmas louder than a flock of cardinals feeding in the garden. So for the Christmas seasonal change in decor, I painted a single cardinal on a branch of holly. Materials Paper The paper I chose was a 140lbRead more ⟶
Christmas Stockings and the Mouse Family
Today I’m painting three warm and cosy Christmas stockings perfect for hanging in front of a roaring log fire on Christmas Eve. Santa has already been and filled the stockings to bursting, but now the local Mouse Family has arrived and is checking out the contents! For this painting I used a sheet of EtchrRead more ⟶
Baby Birds and Baubles
Today I decided to start the morning session in the studio with a loose warm-up exploring my Kuretake Gansai Tambi paints, before going on to the main painting of the day. So using my medium sized Isabey quill brush I simply picked up color at random from the set and made circles on a pieceRead more ⟶
Wondering what to paint for Christmas?
Here’s a handy summary of all the Christmas themed tutorials we have in our back catalogue on YouTube.
The First Snowman to the Party – Snowman Christmas Card
Started getting ready for Christmas yet? If you plan to paint your own Christmas cards this year, you can’t start too soon, as all the other jobs quickly pile up and push painting into the background. So here’s my first card of the season for you to make! I did a video of a similarRead more ⟶