Inspiring Art Projects

Follow along with artist Anna Wilson as she demonstrates how to draw detailed sunflowers on a Legion Stonehenge Spiral Pad.

Learn to paint vibrant citrus slices using Fabriano Artistico Watercolor Paper, a luxurious, bright white surface that makes colors pop.

Create a vibrant Monstera print using Utrecht Artists’ Fluid Acrylic Paint and an easy monoprinting technique.

Paint along with watercolor artist Jenna Rainey as she shows how she uses the Princeton Blooms Brush to create colorful watercolor flowers, including petals, leaves, and stems.

Organic forms can be a wonderful starting point to let your imagination grow wild. For this project, choose photos of your favorite plants and flowers or surround yourself with live flora to inspire your sense of wonder, but don’t feel you must make exact copies. Follow along with artist Jimmy Leslie as he uses new Liquitex Basics Acrylic Fluid to create whimsical shapes on a contrasting field of vibrant color.

Learn how to paint a textured landscape with Utrecht Artists’ Oil Paints! Great for beginners, this tutorial focuses on fundamental oil painting techniques like fat over lean, modifying colors, and adding texture with a palette knife.

Flutter into spring with a colorful butterfly painting! Use Utrecht Artists’ Oil Paints to glaze and layer, then add palette knife techniques to create a uniquely textured piece. Learn important concepts like managing paint drying times, sketching with charcoal, and more, in this seasonally-inspired tutorial!

Let creativity bloom with an everlasting floral bouquet! Use Sennelier watercolors to create a custom palette, then paint a loose floral composition with Blick watercolor brushes on a Fabriano watercolor block. Master the watercolor process with this step-by-step demo, which covers sketching from observation, color mixing, highlighting, and wet-into-wet painting techniques.

Grow your watercolor skills! Find out how to paint a vibrant Monstera leaf using a masking fluid resist method and staining and lifting techniques to add texture to your painting.

Watercolor your way into spring! Learn new watercolor painting techniques like painting from observation, creating and painting with a wash, wet-into-wet applications, staining, lifting, and more. Sketch and paint a magnolia flower using Utrecht Artists’ Watercolors, Utrecht Designers Gouache, and Utrecht Synthetic Golden Taklon Watercolor Brushes on a cradled Ampersand Aquabord! Discover the resilience of the substrate and a new way to work with gouache in this watercolor painting tutorial.

Open the door to creativity! Paint a charming scene with a rustic door, foliage, and loose florals using Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors featuring the PrimaTek Set — made with genuine mineral pigments for vibrant, sparkling shades! Learn to sketch with a pencil and ink on watercolor paper. Then, learn a variety of watercolor techniques, including wet-on-wet, staining, and highlighting.

Create your own colorful blossoms with an easy-to-follow template, crepe paper, and scissors.

Learn to blend two colours to create a skyscape using Winton Oil Colour! Rachel Levitas studied at Camberwell School of Art, and the Royal Academy Schools in London where she was awarded the Turner Gold Medal for Painting. In 2010 Rachel was awarded first prize at the prestigious Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize for her painting Urban Fox III.

Learn to print like a pro! Explore fundamental block printing techniques, including carving and inking a linoleum block using our template or your own original design. Transfer the image onto paper, turning your carved block into colorful frame-worthy artwork!

Pack your pastels, we’re going on a plein air painting adventure! Paint along with Julie as she captures a historic barn in all of its rustic charm. Get tips and tricks for working with pastels outdoors, including an overview of the gear you’ll need and how to use a gridded composition finder for accurate perspective. Escape the everyday as you discover why pastels make the perfect medium for plein air painting!

Celebrate springtime with these elegant and festive ornaments for your holiday tree. This is a great project for parents and kids to do together.

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Learn to draw a colorful sea turtle with Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils and Dual-Ended Chisel Tip Markers! In this tutorial, you’ll first draw a detailed turtle in an ocean setting, then use your colored pencils and markers to create a stunning rainbow gradient effect.

Follow along with artist Kristen Brown as she combines Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic and Liquitex Effects Iridescent Medium to paint an ocean scene that shimmers.

Follow along with artist Katy Lipscomb as she shares tips for drawing a butterfly koi fish with Derwent Inktense pencils, then deepening the colors with water.

Have a zest for texture? Use palette knife painting techniques to create vibrant lemons using on Blick Premier Canvas! Learn every step of the process, including priming and toning your canvas, sketching from observation, and color mixing. Find out how to mix and apply Utrecht Cadmium-Free Acrylic Colors and matte medium for a textured finish.