Projects
Introducing the Gansai & Shikishi Kit
The Gansai & Shikishi Kit offers a great introduction to painting with Gansai, a special Japanese paint made with finely ground pigments and a strong binder for smooth, rich, vibrant colors.
Introducing the Niji Exploring Watercolor Kit
The Niji Exploring Watercolor Kit offers a unique watercolor painting experience for beginning artists or students who want to explore watercolors.
Layered Watercolor Doodles with the Niji Watercolor Essentials Kit
Karen Elaine uses the Niji Watercolor Essentials Kit to layer watercolors and create pretty doodles.
The Art of Orizome
Learn the art of Orizome, a Japanese technique in which washi paper is folded and dip-dyed.
Holiday Washi Paper Crafts
In this continuation from the previous Facebook livestream, artist Karen Elaine shares ideas for how to use customized washi paper for holiday paper crafts.
Watercolor Leaves with Karen Elaine
Karen Elaine covers easy techniques to paint beautiful watercolor leaves using Niji Artist Watercolors and Niji Watercolor Pencils.
Sumi-e, Silverpoint and Origami with Karen Elaine (Opus Art Suplies demo)
Yasutomo Creative Consultant Karen Elaine gave a virtual demo with Opus Art Supplies covering Sumi-e painting, Silverpoint drawing and origami!