Paint This Scene With Layers and Texture

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First Wash - Lightest Values

For more information about this first wash, check out this blog and video!

Second Wash - Finding Connections in the Middle Values

Want more instruction on finding the middle value shape? Click here!

Third ...

In this week's video, I bring you step-by-step through the process of painting this boat scene. 

I invite you to paint along or just watch to learn my 3-step watercolor painting process. Hopefully this helps you as you tackle the subjects you're most interested in painting. 

Create Light in 3 S...

If you're looking to elevate your work, painting believable figures in your scenes is a great way to introduce a feeling of life, vibrancy, and even a narrative to your watercolor painting. 

4 Keys to Lifelike Figures

Here are some quick and easy tips to painting realistic figures in watercolor...

Social media platforms, in many ways, offer artists opportunities that were non-existent even fifteen years ago. I have my own story about how attention from social media carved out a new life for me as an artist (refer to video). 

So I'm not here to tell you to abandon these sites altogether. H...

Today I'm going to demonstrate how to paint this scene. As I show you this step-by-step tutorial, I'm going to cover some major concepts that will carry over to any scene you want to paint; I'll be talking about values, color mixing, and light. 

So get your paints ready and let's go!

How to Pai...

Watercolor Tutorial - Create Gorgeous Outdoor Light

One of the most satisfying painting experiences is when you get the right values in place and you start to see that light pop. I love scenes like this where the light is really vibrant and I am able to capture the warm atmosphere in the paintin...

One surefire way to see improvements in your watercolor paintings is to work the practice of isolated skills into your painting schedule. Instead of always approaching your easel with the idea of finishing a complete watercolor scene, schedule time where you can focus in on specific subjects or s...

Paint Less to Learn More

You've heard it said that it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill. And I'm not challenging that - not exactly. 

Reaching the painting goals you have and seeing the kind of progress you want doesn't come easy or quickly, but the pathway there is not only about the time y...