As an art teacher I know how much the things we are fans of inspire us. I can just say from personal experience is the science fiction books I read growing up, the movies I watched and the toys I played with really helped me Be molded into a better adult. I mean think about science fiction and the values that it teaches. I have carried with me in my heart the owner of hobbits. The characters from these books taught me life lessons that informed my decisions about love honor and honesty. My gratitude can never be expressed… Except yes it can because I’m an artist. And as an art teacher I get to share that with you so you can express your love of these books. On top of that we have a giveaway with the brush guys. I’ll tell you more about them below and how you can win a sad of Black velvet watercolor brushes to paint your own hobbit and Lord of the rings inspired art.Love the shire and lord of the Rings? YES me too but the thing is most fan art is so advanced beginners can’t take their love of JRR Tolkien world and turn it into their fan art. BUT you know you would love to. So follow along and I will show you how awesome YOU can paint. You keep giving me ideas and I will keep turning them into watercolor process step by step lessons. I love this painting party style explanation of watercolor because I know YOU can paint this . Feel free to change up the colors and play with the splashes . Tag back to me so I can see your paintings. Let me know how its going. Having fun ?
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The Shire. This is where I have decided to begin because that’s where the book started for me. In the shire in the hall of a hobbit with around door and a cozy and inviting garden. The first of these watercolor lessons is very simplified so that if your first time painter and have never use watercolor before you can easily achieve this look. I have included traceable that you can find in the PDFs just download them rub graphite on the back tape them down trace over the lines and that will help you get the image onto your watercolor paper. And no tracing is not cheating.

Love the shire and lord of the Rings? YES me too but the thing is most fan art is so advanced beginners can’t take their love of JRR Tolkien world and turn it into their fan art. BUT you know you would love to. So follow along and I will show you how awesome YOU can paint. You keep giving me ideas and I will keep turning them into watercolor process step by step lessons. I love this painting party style explanation of watercolor because I know YOU can paint this . Feel free to change up the colors and play with the splashes . Tag back to me so I can see your paintings. Let me know how its going. Having fun ?
#lotr #lordoftherings #hobbithole #hobbitdoor #watercolor #learntopaint #hobbithouse #hobbiton #hobbitland #fanart #Youpaint #learntodraw #artsherpa #art #silverbrushlimited #learntowatercolor #stepbystep #artprocess #artprocessvideo
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the set has Set Includes: Cadmium Yellow Primrose, Nickel Azo Yellow, Transparent Pyrrole Orange, Pyrrole Red Medium, Quinacridone Magenta, Dioxazine Purple, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue (Green Shade), Sap Green, Payne’s Gray, Transparent Brown Oxide, Burnt Umber (Natural) - 

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3000S Round Black Velvet #8 round
3009S Cats Tongue Oval Wash ¾ oval round
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Atelier™5325S Goat Hair #40
Sea sponge 5225S Golden Taklon Quills #60

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  Simple lord of the Ring fan art painting your can follow along and create yourself. This is a watercolor taught in painting party style. So follow along and I will show you how awesome YOU can paint. You keep giving me ideas and I will keep turning them into watercolor process step by step lessons. I love this painting party style explanation of watercolor because I know YOU can paint this . Feel free to change up the colors and play with the splashes . Tag back to me so I can see your paintings. Let me know how its going. Having fun ? amazon affilate links
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  5025S Squirrel Hair Quill #60
  Qor Paynes Grey
  Holbein
  Marine Blue
  Quinacridone Magenta
  Titanium White
  Burnt Sienna
  Yellow ochre
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For the live on Facebook where we do the much more complicated Shire inspired painting I’ve added white lining with acrylic paint and also inking to create some dramatic contrast in dimension to the work. After this piece we will be doing an acrylic on YouTube and that will be added to the page when it is done.

Now for the brush guys. I have known Jeff and Dave for quite a while now. I even invited them to the YouTube space when I went to film there and it honestly made my time much more fun. They are ambassadors to fine art and art in general in my opinion. And it’s a great joy to work with them anytime. They are sponsoring a giveaway for this watercolor Wednesday . Details about how to enter our below. I would highly recommend bookmarking their website and in taking advantage of the discount code TheArtSherpa to get 5% off your brush Order. This is an affiliate link but the discount does apply to any of your purchases whether their Art Sherpa brushes or not. My insider tip for all of you sure bet is to keep checking their discount and clearance page and also what ever sale they have on your favorite brushes. Look around you’re going to find some great discoveries and even better deals.
The brush guys are sponsoring this giveaway and one lucky winner Will get the set of three black velvet watercolor brushes that you see Me use on the show all the time.

To enter the contest Go to the brush guys website and find a brush you’re excited to see there. It can be any brush does not have to be one of mine. Tell me in the comments below what that brush was and you’re entered. Now there are some conditions to entry you must be 18 and you must live in an area that allows a giveaway like this one. One lucky winner will be chosen at random from the qualifying entries And announced here and on Facebook next week Tuesday by 12 PM central standard time. You must have an email we can reach you with and you must respond to that email within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen Until a qualifying winner is selected.

200k SUBS BRUSH GIVE A WAY!! 

The Brush Guys www.thebrushguys.com 

Starts : August 8th 2018   

Ends : August 14th 2018 

Required for entry: Go the The Brush Guys find your favorite brush on the website and LEAVE a Comment below about which one it was. 

Entries selected at random from qualified  comments : Humor is not a factor but is deeply appreciated 

You must be 18 to enter and live in a location where a giveaway is legal

Entry is Global and will be fullfilled by The Brush Guys 

www.thebrushguys.com 

1 winner  will be chosen at random

Prize: Black Velvet 3 piece set LIST Value 78.95 SILWC-3000s

Silver Brush Black Velvet

This unique blend of natural squirrel hair and black synthetic filament creates ideal working tools for the watercolorist, silk painter, and artists working with inks, dyes, acrylics or gouache.

Squirrel hair holds large amounts of color and releases it with perfect control. By itself, squirrel is delicate. So Silver blended it with a synthetic to resist wear and maintain a wonderful snap and spring. This soft blend allows multiple layer glazing without disturbing previous colors, yet it’s firm enough to lift color with a gentle scrub.

Black Velvet features polished black ferrules, carefully fitted to gloss black handles, each with a distinctive silver neck band.*
*Series 3008S: Beveled tip black plastic handles for scraping or burnishing.
*Series 3014S ferrules of stainless steel. Flat hardwood handles, lacquered gloss black with silver tips.

Here's what Earline Padgett, watercolorist , decorative painter & teacher says about Black Velvet™

"The best performance only comes from the highest quality tools, and Black Velvet™ is the best I've ever used for watercolor. Their blend of natural squirrel hair with synthetic filaments combines for excellent carrying capacity with control, spring and precise pointing. They are full bodied and have wonderful snap!
As a teacher, I provide loaner brushes for class use. I've found Black Velvet™ to have consistent quality and excellent strength to resist wear. Of the many shapes and sizes available, my favorite is the versatile Oval Wash - which offers not only a broad wash, but also a long slender edge and fine point. I never hesitate to recommend Black Velvet to my students

This set contains one each 3/4 inch Oval Wash, #8 Round, and #1 Script Liner.

Winners announced on the 18th Here and on the facebook page 

The announced winners will be contacted via email

As a special part of this giveaway I have included some coloring pages for you to enjoy  for personal use. This way if you have a little brushes with you or a really great set up pencils markers or watercolors you can use these fabulous detailed coloring sheet to continue your lord of the ring fandom.