Welcome! I'm so glad you've made it to the Unleash Your Inner Artist workshop! This is the bonus lesson and preview of what to expect in this workshop. If you've joined me from the 12 Days of Making or Unleash Your Inner Artist challenge, then I hope to continue with the excitement! In this workshop, I'll show you step-by-step how I created each of the 6 paintings in great detail. Feel free to ask questions--I'm always happy to help! For this lesson, you'll need the following materials (also feel free to use what you already have on hand):

• Two 5x5" canvases
• Gesso (if painting over a previous painting)
• Acrylic paint: white, blue, purple, green, red, orange, black
• Fine-tip gold paint pen (or a fine-tip brush and gold ink/paint)
• Floral stencils of your choice (or free-hand draw two different floral patterns
• Geometric stencil (I used repeating triangles)
• Fine-tip brush, Medium tip brush
• Palette knife
• String