Choosing the Right Brushes: Comprehensive Guide watercolor supplies Feb 12, 2024

It can be intimidating to shop for watercolor brushes when you're not sure what you really need. The choices are endless.

You might find yourself asking questions like:

  • What makes a brush a good brush?
  • Why are some watercolor brushes so expensive?
  • What is the bare minimum I need to buy in o...
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Watercolor Mastery: Techniques to Preserve Luminosity in Your Paintings light and shadow Feb 05, 2024

When I paint, I've got my eye on the light. In fact, it's a motivating factor for me.

I find myself captivated by watercolor scenes that have interesting light and shadows. Whether it's another artist's painting that I'm admiring or a watercolor landscape I'm painting, the light is always a pri...

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Positive Mindset Shifts that Accelerate Your Learning Jan 29, 2024

When you're learning something new, it is important that you focus on the literal craft - the skillset that you're building, the process you're learning, the muscle memory you're developing - and often, we undervalue the importance of keeping a positive mindset.

Or maybe we know how important th...

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Secrets to Loosening Up Your Watercolor Paintings Jan 22, 2024

There's this elusive quality that I strive for when I paint: an ease, an impressionistic take on a subject, an artistic rendering of a scene. 

In a word, I want to paint loosely

It's this quality that can take a perfectly fine painting and transform it into an intriguing, atmosphericmesmeri...

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How to Prepare for a Smooth and Successful Painting Session Jan 15, 2024

Do you ever find yourself searching for a specific brush during your painting process, wasting that precious wet-into-wet time? Have you ever been deep into your painting session and realize you don't have the colors you need? Do you ever wish - just a little too late - that you'd have taken 5 mi...

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4 Keys to Painting Great Watercolors with Consistency Jan 08, 2024

Here's the thing about learning a creative skill that we don't often admit - it is not a linear process. It isn't just a straight upward trajectory.

We experience ups and downs and disappointments. Sometimes our successes are quickly overshadowed by a frustrating painting session. It can be hard...

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How to Create a Large Connected Shape: A Watercolor Tutorial Jan 03, 2024

If you've followed me for anytime at all, you know that a foundational lesson I go back to time and time again is finding the large, connected shape of your scene when you're painting a watercolor. It's something I continue to mention because it can be the difference between a disjointed, awkward...

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Are you using the wrong watercolor brushes? Dec 26, 2023

A common problem I see is an overworked watercolor painting. It is easy to get carried away with the details of a painting or to use too many brush strokes to create a scene.

There are many reasons overworking is such a prevalent problem (some of which I address in this resource), but one that i...

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