Colors can feel warm or cool, just like nature! ☀️❄️ Warm colors are colors that remind us of the sun and sunsets 🌅 think red ❤️, orange 🧡, and yellow 💛. They feel cozy, bright, and full of energy. Cool colors remind us of water, sky, and shade 🌊🌌 think blue 💙, green 💚, and purple 💜. They feel calm, peaceful, and relaxing. Ted Harrison is an artist I personally admire for his simple landscapes made from squiggly lines and bright happy color combinations. Feel free to Google "TED HARRISON" and find your own artwork to replicate! Have fun with it as always, and comment a picture of your final drawing!

I know this might seem basic or boring, but it’s just one of those things you need to know as an artist and keep in your back pocket! When we draw a sphere (a shape like a ball), we can make it look 3D using light and shadow! ⚪✨ First, lightly draw your circle. Then imagine a light shining on it 💡. The part closest to the light will be the brightest, so we leave that area light or add a little white for a highlight. The side farther away from the light will be darker, so we gently shade it with our pencil. ✏️ When we add light, medium, and dark shading, the circle starts to look like a round ball popping off the paper! 🎨

When we draw a lemon, we don’t just color it yellow, we make it look REAL by adding light and shadow! 🍋 First, color your lemon yellow. Then, think about where your light is coming from. The side closer to the light will be brighter, so we use white to add a shiny highlight. On the opposite side (the side away from the light), we add a little purple. Purple is the opposite (complement) of yellow, and when we lightly layer it on top, it makes a beautiful shadow. Light + shadow = a lemon that looks round and 3D! ✨ Try it for yourself and let me know how it goes

Tint is color +white ❤️Red mixed with🤍 white creates PINK 💗 Try blending your colored pencils using little circular motions. Play around with the pressure of your pencil, I colored with hard pressure in the center, then with light pressure on each flower petal. Then going back in with the white color pencil over top. again applying hard pressure in little circular motions. Color pencil blending takes time to master, so just experiment, have fun, and do it your way!

Not sure if you noticed, but I posted our art lesson around 8pm last night because I was in baby land all day 🎀💞 My little sister just had her second baby girl named Chrysovalantou aka Chrissy. It so surreal to see a little fragile life enter into the world! Cherishing every little moment of her first few days here on earth! Holding her close to my heart, made me realize that being a mother is the greatest gift of life. Being able to serve and raise your own babies, being able to teach them right from wrong, holding their hearts, leading them through life, being there for them always is such a treasure. She is so beyond precious, tiny little hands formed by God and co-created with the mother's body. Seriously such a crazy phenomenon to think she developed inside my sister's womb. So much power and beauty in creation. A few years ago, I have to admit that I was mad at my little sister for not ever wanting to pursue anything else in life. I thought she was lazy, unmotivated, and lacked disipline. I would put myself on a pedestal and think, "look at me and all my accomplishments in my art career, in my pursuit to creating so much beauty and inspiration in the world through my paintings." For the longest time I've been chasing accolades and worldly success. I've been on a mission to serve the people of the world through sharing art and philosophy. But holding that baby yesterday opened my mind and heart to a new perspective. What if my little sister wasn't "lazy" what if she wasn't "lacking disipline" or "vision" but what if she actually unlocked the secrets to a peaceful and fulfilling life long before I did. She never had to chase arbitrary worldly success, she never had to prove anything to anyone. She just simple wanted to be a mother. And that's what she did. I think there is nuance to this conversation because I believe you can be an amazing mother while still pursuing your own personal vocation. I belive your kids grow up more resilient and stronger when they watch their mother demonstrate work ethic, leadership, and take pride in their own work.