Summer Bay Studio

What Do We Do With All the Sadness?

In the past week, a good friend of mine lost her father after a difficult illness, and a young mother I know lost her husband in a tragic car accident. Just today, another friend lost a sibling unexpectedly. Things like this happen every day. Sometimes it happens to people who are close to us, and sometimes to folks we don’t know, so it doesn’t seem to touch us.

Three Inspiring Ideas that Make Life Better

You never know when something is going to cause a change in your life, however small, that may make everything simpler. I believe that these occurrences come into our lives when we're ready or perhaps they come along all the time and we only notice them when we're ready.

What Would Your Life Look Like if You Had No Fear?

RV Happy Unpacking -
Soothing the Soul

Recently, I was musing about making some changes in my life and when I thought about certain things, I could actually feel a sensation in my body. It was like that feeling you get when you are startled by a knock at your door, or when it's your turn to speak a meeting.

Paint a Watercolor Autumn Maple Leaf - Step-by-Step Tutorial

Quick and Simple Guide to Choosing Your Watercolor Palette Colors

I am so excited to share with you my step-by-step watercolour tutorial showing you exactly how to paint the beautiful Autumn Maple leaf, like you see at left.
To get started, I've provided the drawing pattern you'll need to use to trace onto your watercolour paper.

Choosing Watercolor Paper -
a Guide for Beginners

Choosing Fonts for Designs

How to choose watercolor paper, watercolor sketchbooks with sunflower painting.

Today, I'm going to talk about watercolor paper. For beginner painters and watercolorists and sketchers, the topic of watercolor paper can be quite confusing, because there's so many types, so many options, so many sizes, finishes, textures.

I'm going to start from the smallest to the largest and show you some of the options you have. But before that, I'm going to suggest you decide how big you want to paint.

From Sketch to Product - DIY Note Pads

People often ask me where I get my ideas, how I get started, and how a design or painting develops. And once the art is created, how it becomes a product.

Creating a design is a process that can take only and hour or so, or weeks, and sometimes even months. I'm always on the look out for ideas to create designs. These ideas can come from:

The colours in the early evening sky
Flowers that I see on my morning walks

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I'm Wendy Dewar Hughes, an artist and a writer. I love creating fun and pretty watercolour art for all of the products featured in my store at Summer Bay Studio, and writing and designing books.

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