Recipe For Success in Watercolor Jan 05, 2022

In watercolor, there's actually a recipe for success.

You may have heard me talk about this before in my video that breaks down the different washes of your painting, but today I want to talk a l...

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How to Organize Your Watercolor Painting Dec 29, 2021

Understanding how to organzine your painting is important in keeping your viewers attention. It's important to know how to handle your foreground, middle ground and background. Today I share a help...

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Frustrated with Watercolor Painting? (How to keep going) Dec 22, 2021

It's so tempting when you're on social media and you follow artists that you admire to think they must not struggle. It is important to remember that you're seeing their finished work. You're seein...

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Three Best Watercolor Brushes Dec 15, 2021

It can be challenging sometimes to know what supplies are worth your money. There are so many choices out there, so I thought I would share with you the three most important watercolor brushes and ...

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How to Simplify Your Watercolor Paintings - Three Steps Dec 08, 2021

There is a temptation when you're painting a scene to include everything that's in your reference photo or everything that's in front of you. But today we're going to talk about how choosing what n...

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Why I stopped taping my watercolor paper down Dec 01, 2021

The first time I tried to paint without taping down my paper I hated it. I felt out of control and uneasy. 

Then I took a workshop with watercolorist Andy Evansen. In watching him paint, I began t...

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Painting Clouds and Skies in Watercolor Nov 17, 2021

Skies and clouds are one of my favorite subjects to paint. They do however, require a good sense of timing to create a variety of edges. Also, it's important to get the values correct so the bright...

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Three Easy Tips to Help Your Paintings Nov 10, 2021

In this week’s video, I am offering you three tips to embrace the random and create a more natural-looking scene:

 

 

  • Avoid patterns
  • Resist symmetry
  • Add variety

 

 

Because our ...

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The Key Steps of A Successful Painting Nov 03, 2021

When you paint in watercolor, you are painting in reverse. And what I mean by that is you are painting your lightest values to your darkest values. Therefore, it is essential to have a plan for eac...

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The Five Skills that Changed My Paintings Forever Oct 25, 2021

Over the last year I have been reflecting back on the most powerful watercolor skills that have improved my paintings the most.

I've thought back to my biggest "aha" moments, the times when I really ...

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A Conversation with Watercolor Master Thomas Schaller - Part Two Oct 13, 2021

This week we continue to hear from Thomas Schaller. We take a look at several of his paintings and talk about his approach and philosophy.

We discuss the topic of inspiration and how he has learn...

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A Conversation With Watercolor Artist Thomas Schaller Oct 06, 2021

I was fortunate enough to sit down for a virtual interview with Thomas Schaller. Schaller’s work is known internationally. He is truly a world-class artist, and a thoroughly kind and insightful per...

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