Mr. and Mrs. Pumpkin are here to wish you a happy October! How do you plan to carve or decorate your pumpkins this year? 🎃
Artist: Caitlin M. (IG: caitlinmccarthyart)
Materials: Derwent Drawing Pencils: cur.lt/vDkqiP8N
Thanks for tuning in! Artist Sheila Arora is here to answer your questions and talk about her sketchbook process. Watch and learn as she paints a page in her sketchbook with Liquitex Professional Soft Body Acrylics and Acrylic Ink.
Think INK! Throughout the month of October, submit your original pen and ink artwork for a chance to win a prize pack worth more than $500! Submissions accepted through 10/31. Five winners will be personally selected by Art Prof. Open to US residents, 18+. Limit one entry per artist. Learn more: bit.ly/BLICKPenandInkChallenge
Artist: Joel Gomez (IG: @joelgomezart)
Find sketchbook inspiration! Artist Sheila Arora joining us on our Facebook Stories at 4 p.m. CST on 10/1. Watch as she paints a page in her sketchbook with Liquitex Professional Soft Body Acrylics and Acrylic Ink and answers your questions during a live Q&A. On 9/30, tap our “Events” Highlight on our Instagram and send your questions via the “Ask Sheila!” box!
Learn more: bit.ly/3l2NTA9
Marianne Fredericks brings this undead art to life with a coat of Gamblin Gamvar varnish! Gamblin Gamvar Gloss Varnish saturates and gives greater depth to the colors in your painting and gives your work a unified and protective semi-gloss surface.
Artist: Marianne (IG: maritattoos)
Products: Gamblin Gamvar Varnish: cur.lt/xTFL4Vf
September is the month of the sapphire! 💎 The sapphire symbolizes purity and wisdom. What's your birthstone?
Artist: Amy (IG: headspace.illustrations)
Materials: Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils & PanPastels: cur.lt/BDVihvHm
Star of the show! 🌟🌎 Add texture and dimension to your art with gold leaf!
Artist: Buki D. (IG: bukidanart)
Materials: Acrylic Paints, Mona Lisa Gold Leaf & Winsor & Newton Cotman Brushes: cur.lt/czz9RyCn
Catch the art bug! Watch our Beetle Painting Facebook Live Demo on 10/6 at 6 PM CST and learn how to create contrast and texture on creepy, crawly bug bodies by carving into an Ampersand Claybord panel during. Then bring these bugs to life with FW Acrylic Artists’ Inks, a pen holder, and a nib!
Learn more: bit.ly/3jAl7Xo
We’re also having a special GIVEAWAY! Find out how to enter during the event for the chance to win a $100 BLICK e-gift card. One lucky winner will be randomly chosen and announced at the end of our Facebook Live stream!
Check out these curly-stemmed clay pumpkins! 🎃 Amaco Marblex Gray Clay dries hard and durable and is ready for some opaque tempera!
Artist: Sweet Stone Studio (IG: sweetstonestudio)
Materials: Amaco Marblex Gray Clay: cur.lt/ciIlJToN
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Draw me like one of your french girls. ✨ Janice recreates an iconic scene in her own unique style using Maimeri Gouache.
Artist: Janice (IG: janicesung)
Materials: Maimeri Gouache, Princeton Velvetouch Brushes, and Strathmore Ready Cut Hot Press Watercolor Paper: cur.lt/k2ubprfwv
Check out this wet-on-wet watercolor painting! ✨ Geethu uses the wet-on-wet technique to create a washy blue sky by applying watercolor paint to pre-wet paper! Have you tried this technique?
Artist: Geethu (IG: colourfulmystique)
Materials: Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper and Da Vinci Casaneo Watercolor Brushes: cur.lt/dklgibque
A portrait in progress. ✨ Attention to detail is necessary when creating a realistic portrait. Sans nails this piece that she created for one of her followers using Prismacolor and Caran d'Ache colored pencils!
Artist: Sans (IG: tarttartsauce)
Reference: Miguel (IG: segres.art)
Materials: Prismacolor Premier and Caran D'Ache Luminance Colored Pencils on Strathmore 400 Series Bristol Pads: cur.lt/jgw9ty9bb
Here's a soothing little timelapse from Cathy. ✨☁️ She creates a grid of puffy pastel clouds using Holbein Acryla Gouache and tape.
Artist: Cathy (IG: cathycamilleart)
Materials: Holbein Acryla Gouache: cur.lt/hvusofsu0
We're o-fish-ially impressed by how hyperrealistic this watercolor painting is! 🐠✨ Georgina used Winsor & Newton Cotman brushes to create fine details, like the white lines that make the scales pop off the page, with gouache!
Artist: Georgina (IG: __jorj__)
Materials: Winsor & Newton Cotman Brushes, Gouache and Watercolors: cur.lt/dttukqyym
