Practice is so important in improving in watercolor painting.

I recently took a trip with my family and wanted a simple easy way to practice and to get down some quick notes that would be helpful in my more developed studio work.   

In this video I show you what I came up with and...

One of the biggest barriers to artists getting started is the unknown about what supplies to use.

Especially when it comes to pigments and brushes, it can be overwhelming to choose from the many many options available to you.

There are literally hundreds of paint colors, and several kinds of...

Today, I'm going to show you how I went from painting cars like this:

To this:

without having to paint all of these paintings in between.

Mastering the Car in a Watercolor Scene

Cars are a subject that is so familiar to us that if they don't look right, it throws off your whole painting. ...

Today, I'm going to show you how to paint this simple landscape scene in watercolor. 

We're going to talk about the major things that you need to know to make scenes like this paintable for you. And by the end of this, you're going to know what elements to concentrate on when painting your...

Before you touch your brush to the paper you make one very important decision.

You pick your subject.

This key decision is important to the success or failure of your painting.   In this video, I give you three things to think about before picking your subject.

Over this holiday week, I'm offering you a free video demonstration with step-by-step directions.

If you have some extra time, follow along with me as I paint this evening scene, capturing the feeling of its bright, powerful light. And if you're busy, no worries. Bookmark this real...

Sometimes creating comes easy and feels like second nature. This feeling of inspiration can be intoxicating, and it can also fool us into thinking that something is “wrong” if we don’t feel this same excitement every time we sit down to create. 

Don’t listen to...

One of the more challenging parts about painting in watercolor is that we essentially paint in reverse. We paint from our lightest values to our darkest values, so we have to keep the  light in mind throughout the entire process. 

Now, large, bright areas of our scene, we can paint...