Being able to identify problems in your painting can be a real turning point on your painting journey. But this can take time, practice, and keen observation.
To start, when you are unable to pinpoint what went wrong in a painting, assess it on the most common issues. From here, you can focus o...
Maybe you’ve had this happen to you - You finally get that quiet time to paint, you enter your workspace, get all your supplies ready - and you have no idea what to paint. Instead of diving into this thing you love, you find yourself scrolling for that perfect reference photo that gives you that ...
When I first picked up watercolor, I thought the best way to learn was to complete a painting each time I sat down to paint. Whether it was stubbornness or a way to prove to myself I was capable, I just felt like I had to render an entire scene.
What I found over time was I grew the most whe...
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Today we are going to talk about watercolor supplies. I'm going to talk about three important things that I use every time that I paint - and it's not paint or brushes. Let's take a look.
The first item is my palette knife.
If you're using thick paint in a ...
One of our most powerful tools in watercolor painting is using opposites.
Opposites bring visual interest, create beauty, and evoke feeling. And there are countless ways that you can use them in your painting. Think about your options - you have light and dark, warm and cool, big and small, har...
Follow along in this week's video as I try to capture the character of this winter scene. In this demonstration I talk through watercolor timing as I try to portray the light in the scene.
Take a look at my Free Video Lesson: 8 Ways to Avoid Overworking Your Watercolor Painting https://www.lea...
As artists, we are inspired by the things around us - the scenes of everyday life and the majestic beauty of nature. Hopefully you are collecting some of those moments through the lens of your camera.
As we admire these scenes, it is easy to forget that our job is more than just rendering reali...
Watercolor has its unique challenges that we’re all familiar with.
Maybe you have issues with your painting drying up or blooms occurring as you paint. Maybe you feel like you have something figured out and then the water and pigment mixes together and does something that you haven’t seen be...
