This week’s watercolour free printable worksheet is perfect timing! December 1 has fallen on a Wednesday, and I decided to paint 3 variations of this word in block lettering styles. I painted with ‘cool’ Kelly Creates Watercolour Inks – Teal and Blue, using my Kelly Creates Size 2 lettering brush and daisy palette. You […] Read more…
It’s Thanksgiving next week in the USA, so I decided to paint the phrase ‘be thankful’ in script with my Kelly Creates Watercolour Inks. The Kelly Creates Orange and Poppy watercolour inks look so pretty when blended. I painted with the Kelly Creates Lettering brush size 2 and my palette. I find that Autumn is […] Read more…
After taking a break from teaching online classes, I felt inspired to offer another holiday cards class this year. Both my parents grew up on farms, and I spent my childhood visiting the farm every summer. Thus, the ‘Farmhouse’ theme came to be and I designed 6 Christmas cards! I just love the traditional red […] Read more…
Tomorrow is Remembrance Day in Canada (and elsewhere) and Veterans Day in the USA. I painted the phrase “Lest We Forget” to commemorate this day. The Kelly Creates “Poppy” Watercolor Ink is perfect for this lettering. I also painted a poppy flower with this same red ink and added stems with sepia brown (combination of […] Read more…
It’s Back to School ‘season’ so I decided to paint this wonderful inspiration quote about teachers. I chose to use primary colours plus black to paint the words, using Kelly Creates Blue, Yellow and Poppy Watercolour Inks and my palette and size 2 lettering brush. I like the combination of block and script lettering in […] Read more…
Today’s free printable worksheet will help you practice painting block letters. I think you will really find these exercises useful! The best way to practice block lettering is to paint different widths of vertical lines. The Kelly Creates Block Lettering workbook has tracing exercises at the beginning to help you learn these painting skills. A […] Read more…
It’s July! Right now we are experiencing a heat wave where I live in western Canada, which is quite rare for us. Luckily we have air conditioning to get through these hot temps. Because of the heat outside, I chose 2 ‘fiery’ Kelly Creates Watercolor Inks from Set 1 to paint “July” (Poppy and Orange) […] Read more…
I am loving the sunny, warm weather we are having and decided to celebrate with a bright yellow ‘Here Comes the Sun’ free printable worksheet. This week we are going to learn about adding shadows with pens to watercolour lettering. I find that shadows really help create dimension, especially with lighter tones of inks. In […] Read more…