Tania Miller ART

Tania Miller ART Watercolor artist - teacher. Helping women learn watercolor from simple practice.
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09/12/2026

I was REALLY happy with this tiny painting…

which apparently was my cue to keep touching it. 😂

I started with a soft radial gradient, letting the center almost disappear into the vintage color of the paper, then moving from bright yellow into deeper and deeper greens. 🌿

Once it dried, I added the vines and played with darker values to make some leaves feel like they were sitting in front of others.

And then I looked at it and thought:

“You know what this needs? A little magic.” ✨

So out came the white gouache.

Tiny dots. Little stars.

And now… I’m still deciding. 😂

Part of me loves the magical feeling they added.

The other part of me wonders if I should’ve just PUT THE BRUSH DOWN.

But that’s part of experimenting, isn’t it?

So I need your vote:

✨ TEAM STARS or 🌿 TEAM NO STARS?

Tell me below because I genuinely want to know. 😂👇

And if you want to watch me paint the whole thing from that first yellow wash to my questionable little stars 😂, comment MAGIC and I’ll send you the full painting video. ✨

09/11/2026

Watercolor is not hard, starting with no guidance is.

That’s why I created the Flowers Practice Sheets so you have the guidance you need to start and to build confidence to paint your first 14 flowers. Yes! 14 Flower Practice Sheets that will make your learning easy.

Comment FLOWERS and I will send you the link for the replay Flower Workshop. Practice Sheets are included.

09/09/2026

Want your paintings to look more like you? Stop asking another artist’s painting what a flower looks like.

Here’s what I mean. When you paint from someone else’s artwork, you’re not learning the flower, you’re copying all the choices they already made. Their colors, their shapes, the parts they left out. You end up painting in their voice instead of your own. Don’t get me wrong, it is a good place to start, but don’t get too comfortable.

So try this instead. Paint from a real flower, or even just a photo of one. Nothing filtered out, so your own eyes get to choose what to keep and what to fall in love with. That is where your style slowly starts to show up.

Your little challenge for this week: paint one real flower, your way, and tag me so I can see it. I really do look.

And whenever you feel ready to make a whole piece that feels unmistakably yours, that’s the heart of everything I teach in Framed Bloom. The link is in my bio. 💛

09/08/2026

Paint the same flower three times… but don’t make the same decisions twice. 🎨

This is such a simple exercise when you want to practice watercolor without needing to come up with a completely new idea.

Try changing just one thing each time:

🌸 Change the colors.
🖌️ Change the brush.
💧 Change the way you paint it, looser, more detailed, wetter, drier… whatever makes you curious.

The point isn’t to decide which one is “better.”

It’s to notice how one small decision can completely change where the painting goes.

Same subject. Different choices.

Different, not better. 💛

Save this as your next watercolor exercise.

And tell me: which would you change first, the color, the brush, or the way you paint it?

09/05/2026

I’ve been trying to paint looser and faster…

and apparently my love of tiny details did NOT get the memo. 😂

I thought this little medieval garden portal would be simple: greens + reddish bricks. Two main color families. Easy, right?

Then came the tiny brick lines.
The pathway.
Different shades of green.
Larger textures in front.
Smaller textures deeper inside…

And somewhere in all those tiny details, I realized:

I actually love this part.

I’ve spent so much time thinking that painting looser meant I needed to stop adding so many details.

Maybe I don’t.

Maybe I can explore looseness AND still keep the part of painting that feels like me.

Because I’m noticing that, for me, a painting doesn’t really feel finished until I’m happy with the details I’ve added.

And I think I’m finally making peace with that. 💛

Now I’m curious:

What keeps showing up in YOUR art, no matter what you try? 🎨👇

09/04/2026

Before you give up on the painting you don’t like… try changing ONE thing.

When something isn’t working, my instinct can be to keep adding paint and trying to “fix” everything.

And with watercolor… we know how that can go. 😂

Instead, stop and look.

Does it need a little more contrast?
Would another shape change the balance?
What if you changed the crop?

And sometimes the experiment still doesn’t make you love the painting.

That’s okay.

Because the goal isn’t always to turn a painting you don’t like into one you love.

Sometimes it’s simply to discover:

“Ohhh… THAT’S what was bothering me.”

And now you know something you didn’t know before.

Different, not better. 💛

Save this for the next time you’re tempted to give up on a painting.

09/03/2026

I made them because sometimes the hardest part of painting is simply getting started.

A blank page can feel strangely important.

You don’t want to waste the paper.
You don’t know what to paint.
You’re not sure which brush to use.
And suddenly you’ve spent more time thinking about painting than actually painting. 😅

These sheets are meant to make that first brushstroke a little easier.

Follow the marks if that helps.

Change them.

Use a completely different brush.

Ignore the lines.

Make something weird. 😂

They’re a starting point, not an assignment.

Because you don’t need to practice perfectly.

You just need somewhere to begin.

🎨 Want to play with them? Comment BRUSH and I’ll send you my Essential Brush Practice Sheets for FREE.

And when you get them, please promise me you’ll mess up at least one page. 😉

09/01/2026

Sometimes the hardest part is simply beginning. 💛

No masterpiece required. No perfect idea needed.

Just give yourself permission to play, experiment, and even make something you don’t like.

That still counts as making art. 🎨

Save this for a day when starting feels harder than it should.

08/29/2026

I thought painting tiny would make everything easier.

Less paper. Less time. Fewer decisions.

But I’m starting to realize that fewer choices don’t necessarily make painting easier… they make me notice how I make decisions. 🎨

With only 15 minutes and this ridiculously tiny page 😂, I don’t have as much time to debate every color.

Choose one.
Put it down.
See what happens.
Make the next decision.

And I’m noticing something interesting…

When I don’t give myself as much time to second-guess every choice, I start trusting my first instinct a little more.

Not every color works.

I still try to control the watercolor more than I thought I would.

And sometimes what happens on the paper is definitely NOT what happened in my imagination. 😂

But I’m only a few pages into this 38-painting challenge, and I’m already learning way more than I expected.

Maybe that’s becoming the real challenge:

Less room. Less time. Fewer choices. More experimenting.

Now I’m curious about you:

🎨 Do you choose your color palette before you start painting, or do you make it up as you go?

Tell me below because I want to know which team you’re on. 👇

08/28/2026

You don’t have to get “good at watercolor” before you start making art.

That’s something I wish more beginners knew.

A simple brushstroke can become a leaf.
A few marks can become a flower.
Those same little shapes can become a card, a bookmark, or something you’re proud to frame.

Practice and making art don’t have to be two separate stages.

You can learn your brush while you create.

And sometimes that little moment of looking at something you made and thinking…

“Wait. I actually made this.”

…is exactly what gives you the confidence to keep going. 💛

If you’re starting with watercolor and want me to guide you through your brushes, simple marks, and how to turn them into art from the beginning:

Comment START and I’ll send you the info of my beginner class directly.

No hunting through my bio. I’ll bring it to you. 😉

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