1.   Insert support into fish

2.   Cover your fish with plaster wrap;  thin smooth layers

3.   Pick a base and drill holes into it 

4.   Embellish your base if you want

5.   Paint your fish

6.   Seal your fish

7.   Insert into the base

1.  Practice strawberries with watercolor pencils

2. Trace  5 to 6  strawberries onto paper

3. Use pencils and red-ish watercolors in layers

4. Greens and yellows for the leaves

5. Let these dry before cutting out - then poke 2 holes into the leaves

6. Poke needle from behind each strawberry

7. Begin threading

1.  Make an underlayer

2.  Practice drawing bees

3. Draw on your bee and begin painting

4.  Add some tissue paper collage for the wings

5. Paint the negative space

6. Embellish the bee with pastels, line art, and splatter.

Make all sorts of washi tape using:

• watercolor

• napkins

• stamping

• collage

• Make giant chaos layer background with color and texture - let this dry

• Paint over your sky color with  a neutral sky - scratch in line work

• Practice painting birds

• Add a line for your birds to rest

• Paint in birds and outline with paint pens