Holly Buhler

Depth on Canvas – from guest blogger Megan Harper

Hello and welcome to another blog! I hope you are well and enjoying your creative life. This week we are revisiting the canvas idea. Expanding upon the creative possibilities you and your little artists can explore! As always, be sure to check out The Smiling Hippo shop for all the beautiful colors used in this…

Dragonfly How To – from guest blogger Diana Perez

Hello everyone! I’m back again with another post for The Smiling Hippo. Before the summer ends, I wanted to paint one last summer inspired painting as an homage to summer. So for today’s painting I will be drawing an insect that’s usually spotted during summer, a dragonfly! Dragonflies are colorful insects that are usually found…

Painting Wood Stains – from guest blogger Ashley Beyer

Hello my beautiful experimenters! Happy August! Through these last weeks we have done all sorts of different methods when it comes to coloring your wood burned pieces. For this week, I wanted to talk about something super basic in the wood burning world, and then discuss a new method to really elevate your pieces. When…

Watercolor Canvas – from guest blogger Megan Harper

I felt called by my recent trip to the Big Horn Mountains to paint something similar to what I saw on a hike. Tall, beautiful and strong pine trees on a clear day. This time I wet the front of the canvas, spreading the water around but not removing the excess, I left the back completely…