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Some of what I’ve been working on lately is learning more about my heritage and growing my beading knowledge. It has bee...
04/13/2025

Some of what I’ve been working on lately is learning more about my heritage and growing my beading knowledge. It has been so much fun and honestly relaxing. Enjoy!

Hubby and I stayed out of town last weekend and happened upon a pow wow with some gorgeous handmade items and materials ...
01/24/2025

Hubby and I stayed out of town last weekend and happened upon a pow wow with some gorgeous handmade items and materials for sale and I couldn’t help myself! I haven’t been able to find hanks of beads in person at the stores and I also haven’t been able to find a nice dark red or purple even in the tubes. And then today I decided to bead up a quick keychain for work. It was nice to work directly on the leather for the first time- even if my needle is a tad wonky now!

I made one more project but I’ll have to wait a few weeks to share that as it is a gift but I’m pretty excited for y’all to see it!

You’ve probably seen a few of these types of paintings floating around this year already. Here are my versions after wat...
01/16/2025

You’ve probably seen a few of these types of paintings floating around this year already. Here are my versions after watching andrea.nelson.art! I couldn’t find a large sketch book that I liked that didn’t also cost an arm and a leg so I decided to use a watercolor sketch pad instead and I’ll bind it together myself when it’s done!

For me, it’s about the process of the product. Knowing that I can just relax and watch the magic, that I can toss it out if I don’t like it in the end, that I can just make it my own- that’s the best part! I thought that outlining every little thing would drive me crazy but this time around, I found that it helped my brain chill out. I only did as much as I felt like doing and when it became to too, I put it away to work on later. No guilt. No shame. And nothing forced.

I’ve never painted a mushroom before, let alone draw one. But I treated myself to a bunch of new watercolors recently and I wanted to swatch them. So I made it fun! I actually painted these a week or so ago but I didn’t start drawing the mushrooms until today. They intimidated me too much! I don’t like change and I don’t like new and I don’t like different in my routine. For some reason, today I said let’s give it a go and it was so fun!!

If you’ve been thinking about trying out watercolors, now is the time to start! andrea.nelson.art is starting a sketchbo...
01/12/2025

If you’ve been thinking about trying out watercolors, now is the time to start! andrea.nelson.art is starting a sketchbook series on her page for the year. Something like 30 pages in how ever long it takes you to do it lol

I love how easy she is to follow and how she makes it so fun for everyone! It’s free to do, just follow her page and they’ll pop up when she posts them every few days. I did the first two pages below, just waiting for them to dry so I can add some pen detail.

If you’re just starting out you can use what you can find. For almost a year I used a crayola watercolor set and cheap paper and brushes from Walmart. And a sharpie. For me it’s not about the end result, it’s about the process to make it that is most relaxing so those supplies work just fine for that!

This morning was one of those mornings where I needed to put my phone away and get the world out of my head for a bit and this was the perfect thing to catch up on! And clearly this isn’t a sketch book lol it’s just sheets out of a tablet of cheap paper. You don’t need all the fancy stuff to do this, promise! My kiddos even love to join in sometimes!!

Today I had fun doodling on a book marker I painted last year! I also came across a list of daily painting prompts for s...
12/31/2024

Today I had fun doodling on a book marker I painted last year!

I also came across a list of daily painting prompts for sketch book ideas and today’s prompt was citrus! So why not paint them all?! Brush control and mixing colors all in one!

Sometimes you just want to make a bunch of blendy mixie colorful magic and then you need to make a birthday card with th...
12/31/2024

Sometimes you just want to make a bunch of blendy mixie colorful magic and then you need to make a birthday card with the pieces!!

First time for everything! I bought some tubes of watercolor paint and an empty palette with empty pans yesterday so tod...
12/31/2024

First time for everything! I bought some tubes of watercolor paint and an empty palette with empty pans yesterday so today I filled the pans! Now these will sit out for a few days to harden and they’ll work just like the regular pre-filled paint palettes we’re used to using!

I ordered some more pans that’ll be here later this week. Note to self- read the fine print lol this one said 14 full pans/ 28 half pans and I thought it would fit them all perfectly but I don’t want to mix these colors in the pans. So I bought some half pans instead. I’m wanting a few specific colors that weren’t in this set of paint tubes so I’ll be able to use those as well to fill it up!

My attempt at creating random little pictures and doing color washes today. I painted my first trees, doodled my first f...
12/31/2024

My attempt at creating random little pictures and doing color washes today. I painted my first trees, doodled my first flowers and snow flakes, and even attempted a sharpie dragon free hand!

I’ve started following a couple of my favorite artists on Patreon and I am loving all of the “just take your paints out and doodle/ try it” atmosphere!! So much more relaxing!

A little brush control and blending practice while everyone is out of the house today. Thanks to lacy at rebel unicorn c...
12/27/2024

A little brush control and blending practice while everyone is out of the house today. Thanks to lacy at rebel unicorn crafts for the practice techniques!!

And who doesn’t love a page of pudgy penguins?!🩵

I don’t know that there’s anything better than homemade tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich when you’re not feelin...
12/27/2024

I don’t know that there’s anything better than homemade tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich when you’re not feeling great and the weather is so foggy and dreary. Inspiration from Lindsey burach at Lindsey eats as I have never made a roasted soup before but this roasted tomato basil soup with provolone sourdough grilled cheese is so comforting and delicious with the depth of flavors while also being one of the most simple meals I’ve ever made!

Sundays are for relaxing. For me that means working in my sketch book and cooking in the kitchen!
12/22/2024

Sundays are for relaxing. For me that means working in my sketch book and cooking in the kitchen!

So many gift tags made this morning!!
12/20/2024

So many gift tags made this morning!!

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