The Lotus Flower Fairy
The Lotus Flower Fairy Ida Andersen Lang 2023 Watercolor and Mixed Media Painting on Watercolor Paper Learn to paint this painting in a video lesson in Art Soul Living – Creative Academy Purchase as Fine Art Print here
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Alchemy Symbols Chart – free download
Let me know in a comment below … What is your favourite symbol(s) and what does it/they mean to you? How do you work with symbols in your art? I would be so happy to read your musings. Love, Light and Creative Blessings, Ida
Firefly Garden Faerie – a watercolor+mixed media painting and workshop
Firefly Garden Fairy by Ida Andersen Lang – Watercolor and Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper -2023 A DREAM OF GARDENS AND FIREFLIES Greetings my dear Creative Friends. Summer time is peaking here in Denmark in july and inspired from the lush greens all around, I had an amazing time, creating this dreamy garden fairy. I […]
Committing to sketching every day
Committing to sketching every day can be the key to successfully making art every day. The secret to this lies in finding out what is doable and fits into your daily life, so to make your sketching habit doable and realistic. The magical thing is that if you can get just a tiny sketch habit […]
Sketching the Buddha in Graphite Pencil
I just recorded this sketching session for my upcoming “Sketching for Life – Challenge 2023”, taking place june 16th – 26th 2023. You can read more this here: https://atelieridaandersenlang.simplero.com/page/290067 In the above video I muse about why it is so important to draw from real life, and how it connects us to the beauty around […]
What I use for graphite drawing
When you start drawing in graphite, it´s always a bit confusing what materials to start with. In this video I show you my basic set of materials for graphite drawing and beyond. View this video for a checklist of basic pencil materials, plus get inspired on how to expand your set from there. * * […]
3 things to draw … to get really good at drawing and enjoying it too
To grow really good and solid drawing skills, you need to consistently practice them. Employing different approaches, a variety of motifs and put your self in different drawing situations. It´s something I´ve experimented with for many years, to find and develop my artistic voice. And at the same time honing my drawing skills and staying […]
I have a dream … of drawing
Yesterday I did this sweet, sketchy life drawing (life drawing means drawing from real life, rather than from photographic references) of some of my favourite seashells, on my table. Just a short, fun session, around 30 minutes of drawing. Playing around with the graphite and also with some magic touches of gold (which I luv […]
How to re-fill a watercolor pan from a tube of paint
So today, I want to show you how I go about filling up my watercolor pans with refill color from a watercolor paint tube. You can just go and buy new pans, and it’s very very convenient. But in the long run it’s up to 5 times as expensive (or more) as buying tubes […]
Thoughts from my heart about my Wish upon a Star 2023 free retreat
I am super happy to invite you to my annual, free event Wish upon a Star 2023. This is the fourth year I am hosting this creative and vitalizing art retreat, and I am so looking forward to it. I just recorded this little video with musings from my creative heart to yours. * * […]