RESOURCES

Below is a list of helpful and popular content for art and craft projects.

Art Creation Tips and Tutorials


How to Make a Coloring Book
How to Transfer a Sketch to Painting Surface
Useful Art Supplies for Acrylic Painting
How to Make Art / DIY Videos on YouTube 
My Art Supplies

Art for Kids


Sugar Watercolor Painting
Trio Magic Pens

Recycled Crafts


Yogurt Bucket Flower Pots
Shoebox Storage
Recycled Candles
Matryoshka Doll Bookmarks
Paper Pearls (video)


Sign up for Art and Crafts Freebies

 

Coloring Pages and Printable Art
Templates, Guides and Textures
My Watercolor Supplies

Videos


Ivy Lily Creative


_______________________________________________________________________________

Below is a list of useful resources for artists, bloggers and youtubers of sites, products and services that I use and like. Some of these links are affiliate or referral links, which means I may get a small commission if you make a purchase through those links. 

Selling and Promoting Art


 Etsy - I sell my coloring pages and original artwork on Etsy. Use the link to open a shop and get 40 free listings.
Moo - I use Moo to print postcards of my art. Use the link to get 10%.
Redbubble - Sell and buy art prints.

Image Editing


GIMP - Free image editor. I use to GIMP to edit my scanned art, blog photos and YouTube thumbnails.
Canva - Browser graphic design software. I use it to make YouTube thumbnails and product photos and to create PDF guides and checklists to my email list subscribers.

YouTube


Epidemic Sounds - Tired of the YouTube Audio Library? Find new royalty free music from Epidemic Sounds. Try it for free for 30 days!
ScreenCastOmatic - Free screen recording software online. I use this for recording my GIMP tutorial videos.
OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) - Free screen recording software.

Email Newsletter


MailChimp - Free email list service for up to 2000 subscribers. I use this to send my newsletter emails.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How to Prepare Cardboard for Acrylic Painting

Image
Would you like to paint on cardboard, but have noticed that the paint soaks into and you can't achieve bright colors? I'll show you how to prepare a piece of cardboard for painting with gesso primer. Cardboard works for both acrylic and oil painting and you might sometimes want to use it instead of canvas, board, wood or paper to save money or to be more environmentally friendly.
Read more >

How to Save Leftover Acrylic Paint for Later

Image
A quick tip on how to save acrylic paint for later! If you mix too much acrylic paint or pour too much paint out of the tube, do you know what to do with the leftover paint? If you're planning to continue painting the next day, you can't just leave it, cause acrylic paint will dry by then. You can watch the  video on how to keep acrylic paint wet  overnight and longer or keep reading. Mixed too much acrylic paint? You know how you sometimes mix too much acrylic paint or pour too much paint out of the tube? What do you do with the leftover paint? If you're planning to continue painting the next day, you can't just leave it, 'cause acrylic paint will dry by then. How to save leftover paint for reuse Here's one tip! Instead of pouring and mixing paint on a palette, use little containers you can close. The paint won't dry out when the lid is closed. That way you don't have to waste the leftover paint. And if you've mixed a good color and
Keep reading

How to Transfer Sketch onto Painting Surface

Image
As I've mentioned before, I don't usually draw my sketches for paintings straight onto watercolor paper or canvas. I draw the sketch on a separate paper, where it's easier to erase and clean up the outlines and then transfer the finished sketch onto my painting surface. In this  blog post I'll list five different methods to transfer your drawing onto the painting surface. They're all either cheap or completely free. Some require a computer or other technology and some don't. So hopefully, if you're struggling with how to transfer your sketches, one of these methods (or a combination of some of them) will suite your budget and the supplies you already have available. Lyhyesti suomeksi alla.
Read more >

Acrylic Over Charcoal Mixed Media Painting Tips

Image
Have you ever wondered if you can mix charcoal and acrylic paint by painting acrylic over charcoal or drawing charcoal over acrylic? I tried it and here are the results. Read on to find out how to combine charcoal and acrylics into a mixed media painting without smudging the charcoal lines and the paint colors.
Read more >

100 Art Video Ideas for YouTube

Image
Having trouble coming up with ideas for art projects, art blog posts or art YouTube channel videos? I've listed 100 (or 101) art video title or topic ideas for YouTube in this post. A lot of them work for blog posts, too. Some of them you can use as ideas for you art projects that you don't even post online. I divided the list into sections: general art video title ideas, art challenges, art tutorials, themed artworks and art series. Some art challenges have many versions of them (3 marker challenge, 2 marker challenge and 1 marker challenge or 10 minute and 30 minute drawing challenge), but I'll just name one of the versions. You can download the list PDF format to save it or print it out.
Read more >