Easy flowers, simple vase – demo

Description

This painting demo includes:

• The reference photo (a 6×6″ image on a PDF file to print, & a JPG image to use on your tablet)
• A list of the supplies I use, with the links to where I get most of them.
• A four-part video of me painting it (part 1 introduction, part 2 underpainting, part 3 sketch, part 4 paint!)
• And one PDF page on how to make painting happen during a busy month (these tips are always useful, because we are always busy 🙂

My first advice? Set a timer for 10 minutes, and paint! Then clean your brushes and leave everything ready for the next day. So, watch the demo and stop it every 10 minutes 🙂 If you have a couple of hours available, then go for it from beginning to end!

Second advice? After 10 years of teaching The Happy Habit of Daily Painting, all the research I did for it, and hundreds of students taking my class and, as a result, painting A LOT MORE, what works best is attaching “painting” to something you already do every day (preferably in the mornings), like breakfast, having coffee, or walking the dogs! So, after that, paint for 10 minutes! It’ll be super easy to remember, because you already have coffee, breakfast, or walk the dogs every morning without thinking about it. And the next day? Do it again!

This demo was originally created to raise funds to help the survivors of the June 24, 2026 Venezuelan earthquakes. We raised almost $ 2,000 in two months, and 100% of the proceeds were donated through We Love Foundation, a nonprofit that is still providing relief to help those most in need.

Happy painting, and HUGE thanks to those of you who helped this summer with a cause so close to my heart.

Mónica