From the Diane Antone Studio Blog

Here is your weekly email letting you know what's happening on the Studio blog. As always you can watch tutorials right in the blog posts, and you'll find handy product links and more photos and information there too.

Happy Hedgehogs!

This is an easy little landscape that will make you happy too! You can find the sketch here to copy or trace and the full tutorial is available free on YouTube. It’s a quick and easy paint and would make a very cute gift or card for any nature lover. I added a few birds and a couple of sheep, …
Happy Hedgehogs!

Potty about Pots

Potty about Pots
Inspired by the fascinating designs found on pots made in Kashmir I have branched out into negative painting today! https://youtu.be/h-T-P5AisUs If you’re not keen on trying to draw a symmetrical pot you can find a sketch here which will help, with a few different shapes to choose from. I’ll leave the surrounding leaves up to your imagination - that’s really …

Inspired by Kashmir

Do you ever wonder where all the ideas for designs which surround us come from? I do, often. Recently I found myself looking for ideas for a new video, which I wanted to have based around a floral decorated pot or vase, and I came across some beautiful examples of handpainted pots made out of papier-mâché and originating in Kashmir. …
Inspired by Kashmir

Dive into Colour Mixing with Gouache

Dive into Colour Mixing with Gouache
One of the sometimes frustrating things about watercolor which we all come up against is the difficulty in making alterations to your painting if you don’t like what you have painted. Yes, you probably can lift out some of the colour you’ve applied, you can keep going, and add pen or other features. But one technique that many people often …
youtube facebook instagram