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I'm Tess (she/her) AKA Ruby Tuesday Art!
I make watercolour easy* + relaxing with online watercolour courses for beginners!
*even if you reckon you're 'not creative'
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Tessa Wynne
- Oct 15, 2020
- 1 min
Watercolour for Beginners: apple and pear tutorial
Today let's paint watercolour apples and pears in lovely loose watercolour. Grab your inspiration/fruit/snack and let’s get painting!
Tessa Wynne
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
Gift ideas: when to order custom watercolour artwork!
The perfect gift idea: custom artwork!
Buuut when do you need to order it?
Tessa Wynne
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
Custom Artwork: three tips for the perfect reference photo
Have you been thinking about ordering a custom watercolour pet portrait, watercolour house portrait or something-else-portriat?
Tessa Wynne
- Sep 24, 2020
- 1 min
Watercolour for Beginners: how to paint watercolour lavender
Learn to use simple watercolour brushstrokes to create lovely watercolour lavender flowers! I promise it’s fun and EASY.
Tessa Wynne
- Sep 17, 2020
- 1 min
Watercolour for Beginners: how to paint watercolour Cherry Blossoms
Let's paint cherry blossoms in lovely loose watercolour (don’t worry, I’ve made it simple with a step-by-step tutorial!)
Tessa Wynne
- Sep 10, 2020
- 1 min
Watercolour for Beginners: 3 tips for getting enough water in your palette
Sometimes when you’re learning to paint with watercolour, it’s the little things that can trip you up.
Tessa Wynne
- Aug 25, 2020
- 1 min
Tips for mixing watercolour paint
Do you ever try and mix a colour with your watercolour paints, but it takes sooooo bloody long just to get enough water into your palette?
Tessa Wynne
- Aug 13, 2020
- 1 min
Colour Theory for beginners tutorial
An understanding of colour theory can really help with bringing your paintings to life! Colour theory not only helps with mixing colours,...
Tessa Wynne
- Aug 6, 2020
- 1 min
Bust Your Creative Block/How to Get Started! | Abstract Watercolour Painting Tutorial
If you've been wanting to learn watercolour, but you have no idea where to start - or maybe you've dabbled before, but you're struggling...
Tessa Wynne
- Jul 23, 2020
- 2 min
Watercolour paper is important!
When I got started with watercolours many years ago I tried them out on photocopy paper and it was VERY bad, the whole thing went...
Tessa Wynne
- Jul 15, 2020
- 1 min
Semi-Realistic Watercolour Flower | Tutorial
In this video I walk you through painting a semi-realistic watercolour rose, yay! I also have a free rose sketch available for you to...
Tessa Wynne
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
What to look for in a watercolour brush
Within the watercolour brush family, you’ll find there are brushes made with animal hair, synthetic brushes and even imitation animal hair!
Tessa Wynne
- Jul 4, 2020
- 1 min
Step-by-step watercolour leaves PLUS how to paint the perfect leaf
Are you learning watercolour at home, and you wanna know how to master watercolour leaves? Look no further! In this tutorial I teach you how
Tessa Wynne
- Jun 28, 2020
- 2 min
Why you should use two water jars when using watercolour
Ok, so this is something that I learnt WAY too far into my painting journey/career (whatever you wanna call it).
Tessa Wynne
- Jun 24, 2020
- 2 min
How to get started when you don't know what to paint.
So, if you're feeling stuck with your painting, why not try grabbing that gross old pencil from the back of the kitchen drawer and sketching
Tessa Wynne
- Mar 14, 2020
- 3 min
Why you should art journal (and what it even is)
In college, I almost didn’t pass art class (a whole other story/blog post for another day). But, I still remember one piece of advice...
Tessa Wynne
- Mar 14, 2020
- 2 min
Watercolour painting for relaxation
Life can be stressful, and sometimes it's really hard to unwind. As an anxious person, mum and small biz owner I 100% get it - life can...
Tessa Wynne
- Mar 14, 2020
- 2 min
3 tips to make watercolour portable
Do you wanna paint, but it’s a pain in the butt getting all the materials out JUST to have to put them away again after an hour? I feel ya!
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