Hi friends! My husband left some old bolts in the kitchen and I thought they would be fun to paint! Here is the reference photo: Watch the video and see how I created this marker art! Thanks to Ohuhu for sponsoring this video, you can see everything I used in this video and save 10% on your order with coupon code: Lindsaycrafter10 for 10% off your entire order here. Supplies (affiliate links used) Don’t forget to use the 10% off coupon code if ordering from Ohuhu: Lindsaycrafter10 ) 9″x12″ Glue Bound Bleed Proof Marker pad 10″x7.6″ Spiral Bound Sketchbook Honolulu markers: Brush & chis ..read more

Hi friends! I just wanted to pop in quickly and let you know that I will be away teaching in France next week and unable to respond to emails and comments from 5/12 to 5/22. If you need anything please reach out before then, if not I will get back to you when I return, thank you for understanding:) I also wanted to remind you that you have a couple of days left to save 50% on my brand-new Creative Colored Pencil Class! Join the hundreds of enrolled students who are now enjoying their colored pencils and creating art they are proud of. Here is what some of them have to say: “I used to sa ..read more

Hi friends! I recently stumbled upon some cut 6-color watercolor pan sets of QoR paint by Golden. I loved the tube version of the paint and decided to buy 3 different half-pan sets because they were such a good deal. I think they are discontinuing some colors and changing packaging and that’s why they have been so cheap. I have two reviews for you today, one for the Urban Sketch set which is my favorite, and also for the Intensity set. The granulator set is also nice but needs other colors to be useful in my opinion. First up, the Urban Sketch set! I bought mine on Amazon but Blick has a good ..read more

Hi friends! I have been doing a lot of “couch sketching” in the mornings lately and this DIY gadget I am about to show you has made it so neat and easy! I have been using it for a month and I can say it was the best 15 minutes of usefulness I have spent in my sketching journey. Watch the video and see how ridiculously easy this DIY is! Supplies (Affiliate links used) Board: I used 1/4″ Masonite but you can use any thin hard material, I cut mine to 6″x11″ but you can make yours any size. One viewer on YouTube said she used a clipboard, how perfect is that?!? Utility knife Metal edge ruler Cl ..read more

Hi friends! I love the connections made with other crafters online. I left a comment on a video on the Sewing Report LIVE channel and Jen the host emailed me and asked if I would discuss it on her show and then I asked her if she would like to chat on my podcast. It worked out great! I will post both interviews here. If you like them I urge you to check out Jen’s Channels Sewing Report (sewing tutorials and sewing product reviews) and Sewing Report LIVE (craft industry news and interviews) and check out her videos! Now, on the the podcasts! Today I’m talking to Jennifer Moore of The Sewing Rep ..read more

Hi friends! I have another gouache to review this week. I mentioned last year that I wanted to purchase the smaller mixing sets from different gouache brands to see how they were. Today we look at the tried and true classic, Winsor & Newton mixing set of 6 Designer’s Gouache. Please note that Winsor & Newton has recently released a budget student gouache but I have not tried that, the box on Amazon says “made in France” so maybe they are the same but I don’t know, I have not used it nor do I know anyone who as so if you have tried that cheaper set please let us know what you thought of ..read more

Hi friends! Sometimes we just need to put pen and brush to paper and let the good times roll! That’s what I did here. Watch the video to see how this came together, then pull out your supplies and paint something too! It’s fun and even if the end result isn’t what you first had in mind it might just be a fantastic surprise! And if it’s not, well, it’s only a piece of paper. Supplies (affiliate links used) Qor Watercolors Intensity set of 6: Amazon or Blick Meeden cotton watercolor paper Jinhao Shark Fountain pens, fine tip Dr PH Martin Radience liquid watercolor: Blick or Amazon Dr PH Marti ..read more

Hi friends! What a wild day it has been, the overwhelming support of my new Creative Colored Pencil Course has been unreal! Thanks to everyone who enrolled and left nice comments over the last 24 hours, I appreciate you so much! It was so nice out today I sat outside in the sun and read for a while. I was so relaxed I didn’t notice that we had a power outage! It was out for 5 hours which is unusual during nice weather but everything is back now. The outage gave me time to make a serious dent in my book, The Ferryman by Justin Cronin too! Anyway, it’s Sat Chat time! My new Creative Colored Pen ..read more

Hi friends! I want to thank all of you who asked for and encouraged me to make a colored pencil class. It’s been a long time in the making. I wanted to be sure I could provide you with all the basic skills you would need to paint proficiently with colored pencils. I wanted to make it challenging but not intimidating and to distill everything you needed to know into concise lessons and inspire you to create paintings that you were proud of. I wanted to share my love of mixing colored pencils with watercolor, markers, pastels, and gouache so you could take your painting to the next level and max ..read more

Sketchbooks are wonderful! They give you a low-consequence place to create. Need more reasons why you should use a sketchbook? Watch the video! Supplies (affiliate links used) Stillman & Birn Beige Sketchbook Winsor Newton 6 set gouache Zen all media brushes Ceramic palette by FraNord on Etsy For just a few more days I have my Watercolor Landscape Workshop on sale for 40% off in honor of Plein Air April. *Use coupon code PLEINAIR if the discount doesn’t show up automatically. Offer ends 5/1/24. Happy Crafting ..read more