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Let’s Make Art is more than an art supply shop. We provide extra support through free educational videos and an encouraging community to help you along your art making journey. You can do this!
What would you like to learn?
Get Started with Watercolor
The Watercolor Beginner Series
Taught by Watercolor Artist Sarah Cray
Sarah Cray walks you through some basic watercolor techniques to get you more familiar with some of the techniques that are taught in our weekly project tutorials!
Weekly Watercolor Tutorials
Every Wednesday Sarah drops a new tutorial on Youtube just for you! Join us with your supplies at home, grab the kit, or get all the videos first with a Watercolor Box Subscription
Join the Watercolor Community
This group is for sharing the watercolor art you create, no matter where you are on your journey. As you paint our projects, please share your watercolor painting in this group so all can see!
Watercolor Subscription Box
Whether you’re a total beginner or you’ve mastered the arts, the supplies and tutorials in this monthly art box are designed to encourage, support, and enhance your experience with watercolor.
SHOP THE BOXWatercolor Kits
We took the guesswork out of watercolor and created these easy and fun kits. The only thing you'll need is a brush!
Meet Sarah Cray
Watercolor Artist & Instructor
Sarah is a watercolor artist with an illustrative style and a gift for teaching. She resides full time in Missouri with her husband and two daughters. She has been creating custom paintings since 2013, growing a small side business into her dream career. Her goal in co-founding Let’s Make Art was to help other creative people learn to paint and live a more creative life. Find her on Instagram @sarahdandelioncray.
Get Started with Art Journaling
The Art Journaling Beginner Series
Taught by Lettering Artist Jesse Petersen
Jesse Petersen walks you through some basic Art Journaling techniques to get you more familiar with some of the styles that are taught in our weekly project tutorials!
WATCH FREE TUTORIALSFree Weekly Art Journaling Tutorials
Every Thursday, Jesse drops a new tutorial on Youtube just for you! Join us with your supplies at home, grab the kit, or get all the videos first with a Art Journal Box Subscription
Join the Art Journaling Community
This group is for sharing the art you create, no matter where you are on your journey. As you create our projects, please share your work in this group so all can see!
Art Journaling Box
Whether you’re a total beginner or you’ve mastered the arts, the supplies and tutorials in this Art Journaling Box are designed to encourage, support, and enhance your experience with Art Journaling.
SHOP THE BOXArt Journaling Supplies
Jesse Petersen
Art Journaling Artist & Instructor
Jesse is a mixed media artist with a passion for teaching and a love for art journaling. She is on a mission to enrich the lives and calm the minds of the inner artists within us all. She's a southern girl that recently relocated to the Midwest, and she's excited to bring her years of experience in both fine art and the craft industry to Let's Make Art.
Find her on Instagram @jessepetersenart.
Get Started for Kids
Exploring Art for Kids
Taught by Artist Nicole Miyuki
Launched in July 2020, this new format is designed JUST FOR KIDS. Nicole is hard at work creating tutorials and products, so sign up below to be notified when she drops new updates!
Kids Subscription Box
Instill imagination and wonder in your kids with this monthly box designed to be fun and accessible for kids ages 5-11.
SHOP THE BOXNicole Miyuki
Kids Artist & Instructor
Nicole is a modern lettering artist with a signature style in brush lettering. She resides in California and recently published two books By Hand and The Kids Book of Hand Lettering to introduce others to the joy of lettering. She is a kind spirit and truly believes that everyone, kids and adults alike, can enjoy using their own two hands to create.
Find her on Instagram @nicolemiyuki.
Get Started with Acrylic
The Acrylic Beginner Series
Taught by Artist, Lori George
Lori George walks you through some basic Acrylic techniques to get you more familiar with some of the styles that are taught in our project tutorials!
WATCH SERIESAcrylic Starter Box
The Acrylic Starter Box includes EVERYTHING you need to begin exploring the world of acrylic painting.
SHOP THE BOXLori George
Acrylic Artist & Instructor
Lori is an acrylic artist who enjoys creating colorful art with bold, expressive brushstrokes. She currently resides in Kansas with her husband, four kids, and Sunny, their Great Pyrenees. As a former educator, she has a passion for teaching, encouraging, and inspiring artists at all levels of experience. She hopes to guide artists in gaining the skill, confidence, and courage to paint freely and have fun as they explore acrylic painting.
Find her on Instagram @lorigeorge_art
Get Started with Lettering
Explore our Youtube channel packed with free Hand-Lettering tutorials taught by Nicole!
EXPLORE TUTORIALSEXPLORE PRACTICE SHEETSThe Lettering Beginner Series
Taught by Lettering Artist Nicole Miyuki
Nicole Miyuki walks you through some basic lettering techniques to get you more familiar with your abilities with Hand Lettering!
Lettering Books
Blending the aspirational and the instructional, Nicole's books bring the beauty of lettering beyond the page, for both kids and adults.
SHOP THE BOOKSLettering Supplies
Lettering Kits
Nicole Miyuki
Lettering Artist & Instructor
Nicole is a modern lettering artist with a signature style in brush lettering. She resides in California and recently published two books By Hand and The Kids Book of Hand Lettering to introduce others to the joy of lettering. She is a kind spirit and truly believes that everyone, kids and adults alike, can enjoy using their own two hands to create.
Find her on Instagram @nicolemiyuki.