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Welcome back to the second part of the two-part video series on creating the background for this sweet card using the little girl and dog from the Hand in Hand set.

Like I mentioned in yesterday’s post and video, today we’ll be painting the rest of the background elements. This is the fun part for sure! It’s fun to create scenes for all of the images we painted in the week-long Hand in Hand series. Here is today’s video…

I hope to create at least one more video with a rainy theme that includes a reflection. I’ve had a few requests for that, so I will try to put that together soon, but it will have to wait just a bit. Starting tomorrow we’ll be sharing sneak peeks of the June collection, and then we’ll be counting down to release day! So we’ll try to revisit that after the June release!

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Today we’ll be painting the last figure from the Hand in Hand set – that cute little pup! He’s pretty quick and easy to do, and he’s the perfect final addition to our family!

And here’s the video…

And with that, our family is complete. I can’t wait to put these to use on some projects!

We’ll be taking a couple of days break from the series while I work on putting together some background tutorials. It’s been a little busy around here…can you guess what with? If you guessed getting ready for the release of our June collection, you’d be right! Sneak peeks start on Wednesday, June 12, and I can’t wait to start showing you everything!

Good morning! Sorry this post is coming a day late, due to some technical difficulties!

We’re moving on through our Week of Watercolor featuring the Hand in Hand stamp set. In today’s video I’ll be painting the umbrella. It seems like it should be simple, but I actually find the umbrella to be one of the more challenging images from the set to color! It is a bit tricky to capture the round-ness as well as the depth that’s created from the spines, or wires of the umbrella. But, give it a shot (or two or three!) I’m still working on mine, too. 🙂

Here is today’s video…

I’ve also had a few of you ask about keeping track of color names in your palette. I’m not always great at knowing the names either, but you will come to remember your favorite, most used colors. I created a few swatch pages in my sketchbook to correspond with the two large sections of paint wells in the Mission Gold palette. Here is an image showing one of those pages. I laid it out just like the palette, swatched each color and labeled it. It helps when deciding on colors, and also in remembering names.

Have a great Tuesday, everyone! We’ll see you back here tomorrow to paint the little pup!

Our watercolored family is growing! In today’s video I’ll be painting the little boy. He’s really sweet in his little jacket and rain boots.

I’ll be giving him a bright yellow jacket and green boots, but you can paint him in any colors your choose. 🙂

Also, in case you didn’t see, the Hand in Hand stamps and dies are back in stock, along with everything else. So if you’re wanting to paint along with the videos in this series you can grab your set now.

There will be no video tomorrow, but I’ll be back Monday to continue the series!

Today’s featured image is the little girl from the Hand in Hand set. We’ll be painting her in her cute little dress and boots!

I thought I’d make her dress white so we could think a little about the concept of coloring something that’s white. My paper is white already, so I should be good, right? 🙂 But white in the real world isn’t just white, otherwise it would just be a blob. White might be just white in the very brightest, highlight areas of an image, but there is color in the shadows, which is what defines a shape and gives it detail. So for her dress, we’re going to use some Payne’s Gray (told you it was a favorite!) to add some shading and detail to her dress.

Once again, it’s a mostly real-time video. You can always change the speed in Youtube if you want to speed things up. Enjoy!

Tomorrow is the little boy!

Are you ready to move on to the next image in the Hand in Hand set? In today’s video I’ll be painting the man from the set.

I think this might be my favorite image from the set to paint. I like the realistic look you can get on his jeans, especially. My favorite colors to paint the jeans? Mayan Blue Genuine (Daniel Smith color), shaded with Payne’s Gray (Windsor & Newton). By the end of this series you might get tired of me talking about those two colors! 🙂 You can of course use colors you have on hand, or any colors you’d like! You can also choose any color under the sun for his jacket.

Once again, here is a mostly real-time video with a few sped up parts here and there. Enjoy!

Tomorrow I’ll be back and we’ll paint the little girl. See you then!

Today we actually get to bust out those paints and brushes! I feel like I’ve probably teased you sufficiently, and I bet you’re ready to get painting! 🙂

In today’s video I’ll be painting the woman from the Hand in Hand set. You have some options for how you would like to paint her. Her “jacket” can be just that, worn over jeans or leggings, or you can turn it into more of a dress and make her legs flesh-toned. You can choose any color under the sun for her jacket, play with hair-color, etc.

I tried to keep the video mostly real time, but I did speed it up in a few spots, just to move things along a little, as I tend to just kind of fiddle when I paint. 🙂

I hope you enjoy! I’ll be back again tomorrow for Day 3 where we’ll paint the man from the set!

Also – a quick restock update! I have tracking info for the rest of the product we’ve been waiting on, so we hope to have the store completely restocked by this weekend! yay!

Good morning! I hope you all had a restful holiday weekend and had a chance to spend some time with family.

Are you ready to kick off our Week of Watercolor featuring the Hand in Hand stamp set?

In today’s video, I’ll be sharing some tips of things to think about before you even pick up your brush. I’ll be talking about different lighting effects and how they can affect your color choices. I also show you how to create some value sketches to help you determine light and shadow areas of your images — something you can refer to while painting. I’ll wrap up the video with a book recommendation!

Tomorrow we get to actually start painting! 😉