Pumpkin Witch

 

I'm nearing the end of my Canson XL watercolor book and decided to try and fill the remaining pages with either Halloween or Autumn paintings.

While flipping through tutorials online I came across this "Pumpkin Witch," from Lindsay Weirich the "The Frugel Crafter," on YouTube. It's so fun and perfect for my last few pages in my book.

I drew my image using Lindsay's for a reference with a Graphgear Pencil. I painted the image using Jane Davenport watercolors. I used a variety of markers for details to enhance the painting.

Challenges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spooky Folk Art Landscape

 

This "Spooky Folk Art Landscape" is from a wonderful tutorial by Rebecca from "The Art Spirits." I often check out tutorials on the internet. Now that I'm not in art school, I have time to try new ones out. Rebecca has quite a few tutorials online. Her tutorials are calm and at a slow pace. The line drawings are free. I use them for a reference and draw them freehand for my own version, with a Graphgear Pencil, in a Canson XL watercolor sketchbook. I used a variety of markers for details and white Holbein Artist's Gouache to enhance the piece with lots of dots.

Before painting I used Brea Reese Masking Fluid over the pumpkins and painted them orange later. I painted the piece with Jane Davenport Watercolors and Master's Touch Metallic Semi-moist Cakes.

I'm looking forward to doing more of Rebecca's tutorials.

Challenges: 

  https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-202610-anything-goes.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-331.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html 

 

Fancy Pumpkin

 

Terry Mead taught a lovely tutorial at Plum loved Art yesterday. It is on video in the files.

I drew this piece following Terry's instruction, with Graphgear Pencil and painted it with Jane Davenport watercolors. I added dark outlines and patterns with a Pentel Brush Marker.

It was fun and relaxing to work on this painting!

Challenges: 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-winners-330.html 

https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-105.html 

Curly Top

 

This fellow is part of my child artist digital file from Etsy. The file is from ArtOutrageos. I used a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Pencil to drew him in my Canson Watercolor Book. I outlined the image of the "Little Boy With Pencil," with a Micron Pen and painted him with Jane Davenport Watercolors.  

I drew and painted the background on this piece freehand and love the way it looks! I'll be doing more of these, I enjoy working with just a reference  or two and design my piece without a tutorial. I'm truly progressing on my art journey!

Challenges: 

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-202610-anything-goes.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-331.html 

 

 

 

Underwater Dreams Mixed Media

 

I'm so glad, I had time to check out the Tasters at "A Year of wild Nature." The mermaid from Tamara Laport's "Underwater Dreams" was a blast to work on. I learned so much in the process!

I used a Graphgear Pentel Pencil on Fabriano hot press 140 lb. watercolor paper and used Jane Davenport and Prima watercolors to paint this mermaid. I also used fine line markers, gell pen, Holbein Artests' Gouache and a blending stump.

I'm delighted with this piece. 

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-202610-anything-goes.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html 

https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2026/09/allys-angels-110-anything-goes-theme.html 

 

Art in the Park

 

 

I recently left Karen Campbell's Awesome Art School, deciding it was time to move on in my art journey. I've learned so much to improve my skills at the school. I also want to work on more pieces to send to Art2Hearts.com. In doing so I've worked on my style. 

I love collecting child digital images and putting them in scenes. I enjoy drawing the child freehand and the background around it. The background is sometimes from my imagination and other times from a second digital image. Either way both are done freehand.

Occasionally I'll go back to some free tutorials, which I can find online, but the child scenic compositions have become my focus. 

This cutie is part of my child artist digital file from Etsy. The file is at Art Outrageous. I drew her on Fabriano hot press watercolor paper using a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Pencil and I outlined the image with a Micron Pen. I used a pencil and a blending stump for the shading. I used a Gell Roll Pen for a couple of highlights.

I drew the park setting freehand including her easel, where she painted the treed property line. I painted this piece with Jane Davenport watercolors. I used Arteza gouache for her hair to be able to cover the trees behind her head. 

I enjoyed working on this painting very much!

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-202610-anything-goes.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-330.html 

https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/10/creative-inspiration-challenges-43.html 

Happy House Plants

 This "Happy House Plants," tutorial is by Karen Campbell for Awesome Art School.

I drew the basic shapes for each of the plants in my Canson Watercolor Book, using a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Pencil and Prima Watercolor sets to paint the plants. I enhanced the piece with Prismacolor Pencils and Holbein Artists' Gouache.

It took most of the day to get this done, but it looks fine now!

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-330.html 

https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/10/creative-inspiration-challenges-43.html 

https://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2026/10/580-october-1-sparkle-shine-star-stampz.html