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Winter Watercolors • Day 11❄️

A traditional Christmas tree brought to life using different greens. Minimal details, quiet charm, and a cozy nod to the holiday season🎄 #holidayart #lemon8christmas #lemon8contest #watercolorart

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Watercolor painting is a fantastic medium for capturing the gentle, calming essence of winter scenes like Christmas trees. Using various shades of green allows artists to create depth and life in their trees without overwhelming details, making the artwork feel peaceful and inviting. This style is especially suited to those who enjoy minimalistic aesthetics and cozy holiday decorations. For beginners interested in watercolor, focusing on layering simple brush strokes and experimenting with color mixing can help achieve a natural look. Additionally, incorporating holiday-themed elements such as subtle ornaments or twinkling light effects can enhance the warm atmosphere of your paintings. Combining traditional Christmas motifs with understated watercolor techniques allows for a versatile range of creations, from greeting cards to home decor. Sharing your progress and finished works on platforms like Lemon8, using tags like #holidayart and #watercolorart, connects you with an encouraging community passionate about seasonal creativity. Embracing the quiet charm of winter through watercolor not only elevates artistic skills but also enriches the holiday season with personal meaning and cozy comfort. Consider exploring different paper types and brushes to find what best complements your style. Remember, the joy of watercolor lies in its fluidity and the ability to create soft, harmonious compositions that perfectly capture the spirit of the holidays.

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Summer nails are officially on my mind ☀️💅 Think juicy citrus shades, dreamy chrome finishes, soft watercolors, butter yellow, ocean blues, and glazed sherbet tones that look straight out of a vacation mood board. This season is all about playful details, glossy finishes, and tropical desig

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Winter Watercolors • Day 6❄️

A cozy little sled filled with presents, with a small wreath tucked in the corner. This simple scene brings all the charming holiday magic✨ #winterartwork #watercolor #lemon8christmas #lemon8contest

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A finished watercolor painting of a beachy evening scene with a full moon and silhouetted palm trees against a vibrant violet and pink sky. The text 'LET'S PAINT' is overlaid.

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Paint beachy evening with me 🌸

Inspired by the beaches and the soon to come spring, Best me time idea with a beautiful painting that you get to save by the end of the session. Bringing another beautiful mini art work tutorial as most of the people here are enjoying it. Materials I used: 🌸Watercolor paper of any size

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Perfumes I packed for Paris ☕️🥐🩰

1. XuXù by House of Bō was a fragrance inspired by a trip to Paris and meant to feel like a modern day Marie Antoinette, so bringing it with me only felt right. Champagne, tea notes, soft fruit, vanilla, and spice make it feel playful in a very dressed up way, like silk ribbons, glossy lipstick, ti

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Children are gathered around a table, painting a snowman made of cotton balls with vibrant watercolors. They are actively engaged in this winter craft, adding colorful details to their DIY snowman creation.

Crafting Winter Magic: DIY Snowman Fun for Kids!

Winter fun for little hands! ❄️☃️ Create a cozy snowman using cotton balls and bring it to life with watercolors. A simple craft that sparks creativity and keeps the winter magic alive indoors! #WinterCrafts #KidsActivities #SnowmanFun #WinterCrafts #KidsActivities

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Winter Watercolors • Day 12❄️

Today’s painting features multiple ACEO-sized Christmas trees in different sizes, keeping the design playful, minimal, and perfectly holiday-ready! #holidayart #lemon8christmas #lemon8contest #watercolorart

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Winter Watercolors • Day 4❄️

A gray-white tree stands tall against a deep blue-black sky, sprinkled with yellow stars, capturing quiet holiday magic✨ #winterart #watercolors #lemon8contest #lemon8christmas

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Winter Watercolors • Day 7❄️

A miniature Christmas tree painted in soft, blended greens. Even in such a tiny size, it brings a surprising amount of holiday spirit🫶🏾 #holidayart #watercolor #lemon8christmas #lemon8contest

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A finished watercolor painting depicting a vibrant sunset with a blue sky, yellow-orange horizon, dark blue ocean, silhouetted trees, and a swing hanging from above.

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A hand applies yellow watercolor below the blue sky layer on the paper, creating the middle section for the sunset effect.

Let’s paint a sunset 🌞

Today I am sharing with you a painting that is very captivating because it makes use of bright colors and the contrast is beautiful. 💙💛 I have used Water colors to paint this, But it can be created with any medium of art that you have available. That’s the beauty of art, it can be created by any

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Let’s learn: Types of brushes 🎨

Obviously there are way too many brushes that exist today. ☁️Brushes for specific mediums like oil colors or watercolors,Or brushes that are versatile. ☁️Brushes made of synthetic fibre to natural hair of animals. But I can only share the knowledge I have(seems right) So sharing with you a set

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Art Journal Page - Be Kind Anyway

✍️Unknown I did a lot of journaling here! I have been doing a lot of self reflection and thinking. This quote seemed to resonate with some of what has been swirling in the abyss of my mind. Covered the writing with watercolor, marker, pen, and glitter watercolor (my new favorite!!) 🥰 . #a

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how I make my sketchbook feel fuller

watercolors are my best friends 🥰 I have been doing this with every mixed media sketchbook I've ever owned! adding watercolor to empty spaces makes my sketches stand out more, and it makes my sketchbook feel so much fuller 🤭 I also love when my pages are a little warped, which may be weird lol

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Winter Watercolors • Day 8❄️

Blue and green branches with tiny red accents made this piece feel both wintery and cheerful. A calm, pretty moment for the holiday season💚 #winterartwork #lemon8christmas #lemon8contest #watercolor

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Let’s paint spring 🦋

Spring is soon to come, and you can tell by my latest paintings that I am so excited for it. 🤗 The color palette I have been using changes with my mood which changes with seasons. 🌈 It’s like you like to eat ice creams in summers and drink hot tea in winters. That’s just how we are w

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Easy Pastel sky practice ☁️

Hola dear lemon8 community I am today sharing with you a minimal art practice. I loved creating it. It helped me in: 👩‍💻Taking some time off digital screen 🧘‍♀️Meditative because it was peaceful and easy 🕯️No music or any distraction while painting, only paint. Trick to make paste

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Beach vibe(wink)!!

Preparing for a beach vacation Let me know if any one of you try these. It makes me really happy if people take out time for themselves and paint. Materials I used: 🖌️Watercolor paper of a square size 🖍️Acryl Gouache. Can use watercolors or gouache as well. 💫A regular brush 💫A think brush

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Winter Watercolors • Day 2 ❄️

One large snowflake, surrounded by four equally unique smaller ones —all reminding me of the magic of the holiday season🫶🏾 #watercolors #lemon8christmas #winterartwork #lemon8contest

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I have found the best way to practice art daily. And that is by creating mini works. This is a skyscape I made with the Empire State Building. 🌃 How it helps: 1. Easy to start and finish. Would take like 30 minutes of your time ⏰ 2. Helps to experiment with new color combinations wit

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DIY easy bookmark with me 🌸

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Works for acrylic, oil and gouache paint! For watercolors, follow the same process except for the white underpainting you’ll just want to be using the bare white of the paper, and for the detail layer you’ll want to work light-to-dark instead of dark-to-light!✨ #autumnart #paintingideas #falla

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Part 2 of uploading old art (2024 edition)

here's some of my favorite little projects from 2024! #watercolor #art #painting

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A hand holds a finished mini watercolor painting of a pastel night sky with purple, pink, and orange hues, speckled stars, a shooting star, and black tree silhouettes at the bottom. Text overlay reads 'Paint With me Pastel night sky'.

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Paint with me a pastel sky 🌸

Bringing another beautiful mini art work tutorial as most of the people here are enjoying it. Materials I used: 🌸Watercolor paper of any size 🌸Watercolors/Gouache (or any other medium or choice) Tips for blending: 🌹When blending two dark colors, you can use a little bit of white at t

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What should I do with these?

I paint tiny watercolors in the size of cards, bookmarks, and tiny little pictures. But I don’t know what to do with them. Magnets? Cards for gifts? I wish I could paint personalized little cards for businesses to sell in their storefronts. But that’s a dream. #craftsandbooks #tinyartprints #w

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Watercolor painting idea

Hoping these little watercolors bring me luck 🤞😋

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Finding the best art supply combo part 3 ( watercolors and lead pencil ) #fyp #sketchbook #watercolor #artsupplies #artistsoftiktok

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How to romanticize your dot cards ✨

Collect the pretty dot cards Actually use them (not just hoard them 👀) Put on good music Light a candle or grab a snack Make painting feel relaxing instead of productive for once Soft Tides, Summer Collection, and Cream & Steep are all here doing their thing… coming sooooooonnn ✨

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The grand interior of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring classical statues and visitors, highlighting it as a vast indoor activity to escape the cold.

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Winter Day Activities on the Upper East Side

New York doesn’t shut down when the weather gets cold- just means you spend a bit more time inside. These are my favorite activists I do when it’s cold outside but don’t want to be staying in my apartment all day. All located on the Upper East Side. #lemon8partner #nyc #nycweekend #nycth

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Winter Watercolors • Day 16❄️

A line of trees standing in front of distant mountains, with the sun setting behind them. Calm colors and a peaceful winter glow❄️ #lemon8christmas #lemon8contest #watercolorart #winterart

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A hand holds a finished square painting of a pink starry sky with black tree silhouettes, featuring white galaxy strokes and stars. The text 'Paint with Me' is overlaid.

A hand applies a dark pink layer of paint with a brush onto the top edge of a square white paper, illustrating 'STEP 1: Apply a dark pink layer'.

A hand applies a lighter, brighter pink paint with a brush below the dark pink layer on a square paper, demonstrating 'STEP 2: Follow it by a lighter but brighter pink'.

Paint with Me 🫶🌸

A pink stary sky for Valentine’s 🌌 Swipe to see the steps. ⬇️ This one is a little different than the pastel cozy vibe I have been posting lately. Let me know if any one of you try these. It makes me really happy if people take out time for themselves and paint. Materials I used:

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Text describes a past morning routine of 'snooze -> rush -> work' and dread, with bullet points listing negative aspects like checking phone and few moments of joy.

Text discusses craving slow mornings and research on anticipation and dopamine, explaining how it creates excitement, motivation, and sustainable habits.

Level up your morning routine

Hey Sis how’s your morning been going? Are you tire of the same routine is being a vanilla girl not cutting it. Are you quitting the 5a.m. Club? Are you just done with hitting snooze just to get 5more mins only to rush into work late! Do you want change? Something real and authentic that works for

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A hand holds a small square painting of a starry night sky with white clouds and a moon. Two other small paintings are visible in the background. Overlay text reads 'Let's paint Swipe to see the steps'.

A hand holds a blank square watercolor paper with a faint pencil circle. A paintbrush is positioned above it. Overlay text indicates 'Step 1: Start with a layer of dark blue'.

A hand holds a square watercolor paper, now painted entirely in dark blue. A paintbrush is applying more dark blue paint. Overlay text indicates 'Step 2: Apply the same color everywhere'.

Another paint with me session!

Simple yet beautiful mini art about a starry cloudy sky with the peeping moon I have broken down the process into simple steps you can follow and take out time for yourself to create a cute little piece. It hardly takes 20 minutes to create this (including drying time) and it you need is two col

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A collage showcasing various watercolor nail art designs, featuring vibrant colors and different nail shapes, with the text "Watercolor Nail Ideas" overlaid.

A close-up of hands displaying long coffin-shaped nails with a pink and blue watercolor design, accented with small gold flakes.

A hand with a mix of solid hot pink coffin nails and other coffin nails featuring a pink and yellow watercolor design.

Watercolors 🎨

Nail ideas inspired by watercolors 🌈 which one would you choose? ✨ #Nail #nails #NailArt #nailideas #nailinspo #nailtrends2024 #nails💅 #watercolor #watercolornails #lemon8challenge

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Winter Watercolors • Day 3 ❄️

Holiday vibes meet sandy shores🎄Love this simple, yet peaceful Christmas tree under a dreamy sky on the shores of your favorite beach! #watercolors #winterartwork #lemon8contest #lemon8christmas

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Winter Watercolors • Day 13❄️

Today’s painting features a big fern-inspired tree with a vibrant, colorful backdrop, adding a bright and cheerful twist to this winter watercolor series! #winterartwork #lemon8christmas #lemon8contest #watercolor

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OK, so you’re a beginner watercolor artist and you have no idea where to start. Let me tell you that you should probably start with just kind of getting to know your paints. Unlike acrylic where you can just go right in with the paint out of the tube watercolor is need a little bit of work. You hav

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Winter Watercolors • Day 19❄️

Christmas trees paired with the words “Merry Christmas,” coming together in a simple, cheerful design that celebrates the heart of the season🎄 #lemon8christmas #lemon8contest #watercolorart #winterartwork

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Watercolors are cool

And sometimes I paint with them. #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolors #painting

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Finally got me my fancy Italian watercolors and I’m. In. LOVE. ❤️❤️❤️ #watercolorlove #watercolor

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Lake Tahoe’s Winter Wonderland on My Nails ❄️

How I turned my favorite winter memory into nail art ❄️✨ Inspired by a cold, windy day at Lake Tahoe, I used watercolor techniques to create this dreamy, hand-painted winter scene. Want to see the full step-by-step tutorial? Follow @xyznailstudio on Instagram for more creative and detailed nail

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Winter Watercolors • Day 14❄️

Different colored ornaments hang from simple tree branches, creating a festive, cheerful scene that feels classic and full of holiday warmth🎄 #watercolorart #lemon8christmas #lemon8contest #holidayart

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A hand holds a small square painting depicting a starry night sky with palm trees, surrounded by other miniature landscape paintings. The text "Paint With me" is overlaid.

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DIY Starry night

Yet another mini art Swipe to see the steps. This one is a little different than the pastel cozy vibe I have been posting lately. This art is night sky. Imagine yourself in your hammock on a beach and watching this sky. Let me know if any one of you try these. It makes me really happy if peo

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Winter Watercolors • Day 17❄️

A subtle Christmas tree with only hints of green, paired with a small cluster of green-covered branches. Simple, calm, and quietly festive. #lemon8christmas #lemon8contest #watercolorart #winterartwork

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