Christmas Art Ideas – 10 Video Tutorials & Demonstrations

Christmas is coming so time to start thinking about all the Christmas art creations we can get making! There is nothing more special than receiving a hand made card or gift at Christmas and we have put together a selection of video tutorials of some great ideas for you to try!
Easy Watercolour Christmas Cards by MarenaART
A great tutorial showing how to make these quick and easy watercolour cards, just using a few colours and a fine liner pen.
Materials Used:
- Watercolour paints – in the video the artist uses White nights : Azure, Turquoise Blue, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Madder Lake Red Like, Indigo, Chromuim Oxide (Rosa Watercolours are a good alternative to White Nights.
- Watercolour paper for the cards. Either buy watercolour greetings cards, or use your preferred watercolour paper folded in half.
- Watercolour brush of your choice.
- Fineliner pen any pen is fine as long as it is water resistant. The pen used in the video is a Pigma Micron pen.
Hand Painted Christmas Tree Ornaments by Shayda Campbell
In this tutorial Shayda Campbell demonstrated how to turn these plain Christmas baubles into these beautiful hand painted decorations using acrylic paint.
Materials Used:
- Acrylic Paint – in the video the artist used Winsor & Newton Galeria
- Acrylic Paint Brushes – a small size is recommended for this more detailed work.
Learn to Draw a Festive Garland
Follow this lesson on how to draw a festive garland made from holly, ivy and mistletoe. Starting off with pencil and then followed by a fineliner pen adding extra details. Johanna starts by taking us through some basic foliage to get used to the shapes we will be using, before going on to put them together around a circle to create the wreath. You can either leave them as they are, or add some coloured ink or watercolour to add a splash of colour.
Materials used:
- The demonstration is just using copy paper, which is great for practice, but use a heavier weight cartridge paper if you want to make them into cards.
- Pencil with a B lead
- Eraser
- Fine liner pen 0.2
4 Watercolour Christmas Trees By Amka Artist
In this video we see a demonstration of how to paint these 4 different Christmas trees, perfect for Christmas cards, or post cards.
Materials Used:
- Watercolour paints
- Watercolour paper for the cards. Either buy watercolour greetings cards, or use your preferred watercolour paper folded in half.
- Watercolour brush of your choice.
Poinsettia Christmas Wreath in Acrylics by Angela Anderson
This video is filmed in real time allowing you to paint along with Angela to create this beautiful Christmas wreath painting in acrylics. Perfect to hang on your own wall, or for a special gift for someone.
Materials used:
- Heavy Body Acrylic Paints – Burnt Umber Burnt Sienna Cadmium Yellow Medium Yellow Oxide Phthalo Green (Yellow Shade) Ultramarine Blue Dioxazine Purple Quinacridone Magenta Cadmium Red Medium Cadmium Red Light Titanium White Unbleached Titanium
- Acrylic Synthetic Brushes
- 12″x12″ Stretched Canvas or Canvas Board
- Golden Acrylic Glazing Liquid alternatives are Liquitex Glazing Medium or W&N Professional Glazing Medium
Christmas Gift Tags – Easy Watercolour Art Project by Vivian
Using just one sheet from a pad of watercolour paper, artist Vivian shows us how to create 9 different watercolour gift tags – perfect for making your presents look extra special and personalised.
Materials Used:
- Watercolour paper
- Watercolour paints of your choice
- Water brush
- Masking Tape
- White Gel Pen
- Black Fineliner
Painted Wooden Slice Ornaments By Emma Jane Lefebvre
Artist Emma Jane Lefebvre demonstrates how to paint wooden slices with 5 different designs using acrylic paint.
Materials Used:
- Acrylic Paint – in the video Emma uses Liquitex Soft Body paint.
- Acrylic brushes – a smaller size such as these small or miniature ones are useful for the details.
- Varnish – you can choose to varnish your finished discs for a glossy effect and to protect it from dirt.
Super Simple Watercolour Christmas Cards by CreationCeeCee
Follow this demonstration to make these really simple but effective watercolour Christmas cards. Finish off with a bit of gold metallic paint for a real festive feel!
Materials Used
- 140lb Watercolour Paper
- Watercolour paints
- Metallic watercolours – Daniel Smith and Van Gogh both have metallic colours.
- Round Watercolour brush
- White gel pen
- Opaque White Ink (or you can use Permanent White Designers Gouache)
- Gold Pen
- Black Fineliner
Christmas Tree Drawing with Oil Pastel for Beginners by Art Diarium
A great project to try if starting out with oil pastels. Watch this step by step process of creating two beautiful Christmas drawings using oil pastels – perfect for a home made Christmas card!
Materials Used:
- Masking Tape
- Drawing Paper – Mixed media paper would be good for this.
- Oil Pastels
- Graphite Pencils 8B/10B
How to Paint Glitter Baubles with Gouache by Ruth Wilshaw
This great beginners tutorial using Gouache paint shows you how to create this glitter effect just using regular Gouache paint – no metallics!
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