paint your own watercolour christmas cards

Season's greetings and happy holidays! I love this time of year when everything looks so festive and so many people are feeling creative.

Are you painting cards for Christmas? Here's a list of the 6 tutorials I have for you...

  1. Gingerbread biscuits
  2. A robin in the snow
  3. A winter scene in 2 colours
  4. A deer in the snow
  5. 15 minute abstract Christmas cards
  6. A cathedral

You can find them on Patreon and Renee's Studio.

As always, I look forward to seeing what you create :-)

Happy painting!

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