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How to Paint Easy Spring Bunnies With Watercolor beginner watercolor tuesday's tips Mar 23, 2021

This simple watercolor of two bunnies is quick and easy to paint. It would look good on an Easter card or hand-letter a Spring quote above the bunnies to create some home decor. 

It only...

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Why 3 Watercolor Pencils Are All You Need beginner watercolor tuesday's tips Nov 17, 2020

Did the dog eat almost all of your watercolor pencils? Maybe your kids ran off with most of them and you're left with just 3 watercolor pencils. Hopefully, they left you some shade of red, blue,...

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The Secret Weapon for a Smooth Running Electric Pencil Sharpener tuesday's tips viv's tips Nov 10, 2020

Do you use your electric pencil sharpener to sharpen colored pencils, pastel pencils, or watercolor pencils?  This can cause your sharpener to get gunked up with the wax or other binders in...

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3 Easy Ways to Create Darker Colors and Shadows with Watercolor Pencils beginner watercolor tuesday's tips viv's tips Nov 03, 2020

One of my followers on Instagram asked how they could make watercolor pencils darker in some areas of their painting. 

So I created a video demonstrating 3 easy ways to do this using...

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