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I’ve been painting in watercolor for several years and successfully monetized selling my work through Etsy and my own website. In all honesty, I’ve never thought it a priority to seal my watercolors. However – it’s worth knowing how to seal a watercolor painting, as the colors do fade with time. Like me, you might have several piles of discounted work, bad paper choices, and mistakes, which would be a waste of money to protect, but If you plan on storing your work for the long term – you should seal your watercolor artwork to give it…

Engaging in creative activities is an experience many people try to check off their bucket lists. You can do the activity indoors and outdoors — mainly when your chosen activity is watercolor painting. A group of family and friends can enjoy watercolor painting together. Arts and crafts are beneficial for both kids and adults — painting provides people with learning and healing. Aside from being a recreational activity, painting is food for the brain — your cognitive skills are enhanced by conceptualizing ideas and learning various painting techniques. Daily watercolor painting engagement can result in mastering the…

When I started painting in watercolor, I simply chose the best paper I could afford at the time with the prettiest label. (Kind of how I still choose Wine in the supermarket) And that’s how I carried on until I noticed the paint didn’t work the same on all papers. Choosing the best paper for your watercolor painting can take you anything from 1-100 paintings before you genuinely decide this is the paper for you. Once you have done this – you will stop buying paper because you like the packaging. To find the most appropriate watercolor…

You can find a hobby in different things — the best way to spend leisure time and develop a particular skill. Creative activities such as Rock Painting are wonderful hobbies for kids and adults, but where can you find Rocks to paint? Art is indeed physically, emotionally, and mentally stimulating. More so when you bond with your loved ones and enjoy the activity in a fun way. People are finding great ways to express art through the years, and the rock painting was one of those discoveries. Who would’ve thought that a natural element could be an…

Have you ever thought about how creative people become creative, and is it something they can turn on and off at will? Learning how to be creative is simple if you can let go of your inhibitions and just be you. New ideas are sometimes not great, but hard work and spending the time to tap your creative thinking can be a bit of a journey some days. It is not always easy to be inspirational when life throws many curve balls, especially if you have family and work full time. But here are few ideas for…

Many of us have discovered that prioritizing family and home life might not be as far-off an idea as a few years ago. A new market for self-employed is on the horizon. If returning to pot plants and white lighting isn’t for you, there are fortunately many options if you want to earn money from home. Working from home means that we can still be super effective at Emails, direct messages, voice calls, and video calls and still maintain our sanity because we are getting better and better at combining these with our daily lives. Not forgetting,…

If you are struggling to get any sales on Etsy, it could be that your potential buyers are hanging out on social networks you haven’t tried yet. There are many ways you can use social media to promote your Etsy shop and this post will help get you started. Imagine if you could set up your social media marketing once and forget it. The best return on investment when it comes to social media is to learn one platform really well – then set it up in a way that still achieves what you want, but with…