One Stroke™  is a painting method developed by Donna Dewberry. Donna perfected a simple 'one stroke at a time' method of decorative painting.  Her methods have been used by both beginner and advanced painters to create beautiful hand-painted designs with minimal effort.

A native Floridian and mother of seven, Donna Dewberry has been involved with arts and crafts for more than 25 years.

Donna began decorative painting, she says, because she wanted to, not necessarily because she had talent. She started with what she calls "dot painting," which uses the end of the brush handle, but she eventually got up the courage to use the bristle end of the brush. After many evenings at her dining room table teaching herself to paint, Donna developed FolkArt® One Stroke™, a technique for stress-free, stroke-by-stroke decorative painting. One Stroke concentrates on loading the brush rather than the theory of light and dark, shading and highlighting.

“It's a technique for the masses,” says Donna. “One Stroke teaches how to paint flowers which are a popular subject and the most difficult to paint. With One Stroke, creating beautiful flowers is all a matter of how you load the brush."

With her One Stroke™ Teacher Certification Program, Donna has certified thousands of painters as official One Stroke Certified Instructors. These teachers live all over the world, and consistently offer classes for new and experienced One Stroke™ students to paint flowers, animals and now landscapes!