painting art brings beauty to our homes

Are you dreaming about painting art?

You may want to start painting, but you don't know where to start or how to do it? What are the basic techniques of painting watercolor? How do we use oil paints?

Are you looking for artwork? Art by Carol May paintings of butterflies, hummingbirds, animals and landscapes bring beauty and peace to our homes. You will find both watercolor and oil paintings.

Sea turtle watercolor painting, Art by Carol May

A sea turtle painted with an artist's interpretation.

experience the painting art by carol may

Artists paint what we see around us. God's gifts are everywhere for us to enjoy.

It's a pleasure painting and sharing them. There's lots to see on the painting pages.

Click to see art for your home

Is painting art a gift?

Some people believe painting is a gift. But I believe we can all learn to paint.

Painting is more of a discipline, than a gift from God. We can all create attractive paintings using the basic principles of good art.

Click down the page to see the four basics of creating good art.

Painting takes practice, just like learning to play the piano. Practice painting the tutorials.

Then you can use the same methods to paint your own individual creations.

What are some of the popular tutorials?

gardens are full of wonderful things to paint

The garden has beautiful flowers, butterflies, hummingbirds and lots of great things we can paint.

Out in the garden, my camera is always ready to capture intriguing images for a new painting.

In addition to painting art, it's my pleasure to share some gardening tips.

Painting and gardening are two of my favorite things. In college my major was horticulture with a minor in art.

Yes, we can learn the basics in school, but we learn more by doing.

Experience is the real teacher for both gardening and painting.

What hummers eat?

Are tomatoes a fruit?

Mighty Monarchs

Grow happy roses

can anyone grow a garden?

Yes of course, anyone can grow a garden. It's a great idea to grow a garden!

There may be some reason we can't make it to the grocery store or the florist shop. We can always enjoy yummy vegetables and pretty flowers from our garden.

Start with easy vegetables when we are new to gardening.
What if we don't have to have an area for a garden? We can garden in containers.
What if our yard is mostly in the shade? Many vegetables will grow in the shade.
What are the basics of making a garden?

Tiger Swallowtail feeding on a Butterfly Bush

We can plant flowers to feed the butterflies.

The Butterfly Bushes are busy with butterflies all summer. Hummingbirds visit them, too.

What are more ways to attract hummingbirds.

Orchids are a wonderful God gift.

Can we grow orchids in the house? You bet we can!

Phalaenopsis (also, called the moth orchid) are perfect house plants. Their delightful flowers last for many months.

Find all this and lots more about butterflies, hummers, flowers and gardening on the GARDEN tab.

what are the essential basics of good art?

Awe-inspiring paintings all use the four basic PAINTING PRINCIPLES: composition, values, creating a focal point and a good use of color.

It's a joy sharing knowledge with budding artists. Forty years of experience has taught me what makes a good painting. You can learn how to paint good art.