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HOW TO PAINT A MOON- STEP BY STEP GUIDE

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  The Harvest moon is the happy face of the moon. Do you know why? For a change, the pale moon swells up with joy and radiates with a glow, flooding the night sky with its golden light. Being an artist, it is hard not to marvel at the moon in all its splendor and recapture its beauty in your sketchbook. The  Mixed Media Sketchbooks  from Menorah are perfect for you to create such beautiful sceneries. It is 180 GSM thick and perfect for Dry Media like Sakura Pen Art, Soft Pastels, Oil Pastel, Color Pencils etc. and Wet mediums like Acrylics, Gouache, Water Color paintings, Tempera, Poster color etc. Its acid free papers will keep your beautiful paintings intact. Here is how you can recreate the Moon Painting done by  @artby_ishu  on Menorah Sketchbook: Materials required Menorah’s  180 GSM sketchbook Gouache paint Pencil Flat paintbrush Round paintbrush    Stick washi tape at the borders for a clean finish. To paint the moon, draw a circle at the center of the  sketchbook  with your pen

SIMPLE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING USING MASKING FLUID

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                   Summer is almost here, but we are still pining after winter. We miss waking up to a cold weather and if lucky enough, getting to watch the snowflakes from our window.                         Snow flakes are a sight to behold. They are nature’s masterpiece. As tiny as they are, each one is perfect yet unique made of different shapes, patterns and sizes. We know you must be like us, wanting to savor the winter magic and preserve snowflakes, like flowers, in your sketchbook. MATERIALS NEEDED :  Menorah watercolor paper Masking fluid marker Watercolor Paintbrush WHY USE MASKING FLUID MARKERS?                          Masking fluid markers are a brilliant way to draw the precise patterns in a snow flake or anything else that you like, while painting with wet media like water colors. Once you draw the pattern that you want, you can paint over the paper. Masking fluid stays on top of the paper and doesn’t let the pigment soak through where it has been used. After it dries,