What a Way to Finish a Sketchbook! Hi friends! I call myself a “Sketchbook Floozy” because I have so many sketchbooks going at once. Because of this, I can be working in the same book for years, and today I filled the last page of a 9″x12″ Strathmore Toned Tan book with this drawing: You can find a real-time, narrated tutorial for […] https://thefrugalcrafter.wordp....ress.com/2025/06/30/
Where Have I Been All Week (Not Blogging, That’s For Sure!) Happy Saturday, Friends! I have felt “off” all week, and just today I realized that I haven’t posted any of my new videos to my blog! You can always find my most recent videos on the Video tab on my YouTube channel. I posted another Quick and Easy Watercolor tutorial of Daisies, and here is […] https://thefrugalcrafter.wordp....ress.com/2025/06/28/
Sat chat 6/14/25 Hi friends! I want to wish all the dads out there a happy Father’s Day tomorrow! I hope you have some time to spend with family this weekend and also get creative! I went to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens yesterday with friends and we had a ball! I’ll share some photos below, but first, […] https://thefrugalcrafter.wordp....ress.com/2025/06/14/
A Collab with my Friends! Hi friends! Today I have a fun video collab with my YouTube painting pals! We decided to each use one of the new sets of 6 Holbein Granulating watercolor sets to create a painting. I used the “Bird” set: You can see all of the collab paintings in this playlist. Here is my painting of […] https://thefrugalcrafter.wordp....ress.com/2025/06/16/
Would you like some Quick & Easy Watercolor Tutorials this Summer? Hi friends! I decided to go back to my YouTube roots this week and paint a quick and easy floral on a watercolor greeting card. I was thinking of creating a series of 15-30 minute real-time watercolor tutorials for free here and on YouTube that would focus on a main technique and provide nice practice […] https://thefrugalcrafter.wordp....ress.com/2025/06/18/