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Sunday, March 5, 2017

Crystal Cluster Watercolor Illustration: New Video On My YouTube Channel!

Hi friends! I just uploaded a brand new video to my YouTube channel so please check it out, give it a like and be sure to subscribe.

For this project I used watercolor paper, pencil, Micron ink pen, and Windsor & Newton watercolor paints, but you can use whatever you have on hand.

Who isn't crazy for crystals? They're fun to paint (and super easy too!) so I thought I would try my hand at painting my own (Yes, all of my videos are my first-time try, learn as I go!)

I started with a pencil sketch to get the shapes on the paper, and then I used watercolor paints to color my drawing. I used very little paint - I wanted my crystals to be predominantly purple, so I used some different tones of violet, and then here and there added a bit of blue and then just a whisper of yellow and green to give my crystals that iridescent glow.

Once my drawing was finished I added a quick sketchy outline in black micron ink. Check it out below!

I hope to do a few jewelry making videos in the near future so be sure to check back!

If there is anything in particular that you'd like to see just leave me a comment!

I hope you have a great week!

Love, Laura

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Friday, September 25, 2015

Exciting Announcement: I Just Filmed Two New Jewelry Instruction Videos!

I love spreading good news. And boy, do I have some good news!

Late last evening I returned home to Pennsylvania after flying out to Colorado to film
two brand new jewelry instruction videos at the film studios at F+W Media, Inc., my
fabulous publisher! It was a whirlwind three days! Yup, I flew about 3,166.4 miles to
film two videos, just for you! I traveled on a Monday, filmed two videos on Tuesday, and
traveled home Wednesday. Four flights across the United States, four different airports,
three days later, and it's all done!

Colorado is a beautiful place, and the landscape is quite different from what I am used
to in Pennsylvania, so it was a new experience for me in many different ways. This was
also my first time on camera...I wasn't very nervous, it was more like I didn't know exactly what to expect, exactly what it would be like. Kind of like when you're going to have a baby.
You can read and prepare all you want, but until it actually happens, you don't know exactly
how it's going to be until you experience it for real, right as it's happening!

Live on the set!

I will write more about the videos in a future blog post, but I will tell you now that the first
video teaches you how to make an awesome broken china jewelry necklace, and the second
video teaches you my new technique for combining wire with soft solder to create a beautiful
and amazing jewelry effect! If you love to make jewelry, or always wanted to learn how to
make soldered jewelry using a soldering iron, you will love these videos! (the video release
date is early December, by the way!)

Lights, cameras, jewelry making!

Well it's past my bedtime and I need to get some much needed sleep so that I can get my two
girls up for school tomorrow, but I just had to share the good news with you.

Enjoy your day! ~ Laura