If you've been following me for a little while, you'll note that I have been offering monthly Intuitive Watercolor Practices that are meant to build your skill outside of painting an entire finished scene. Here's what I've offered so far in this series:
Color temperature is something embedded in a lot of my instruction. But a simple landscape painting tutorial like the one above offers a perfect opportunity to highlight the way that you can use cool and warm colors strategically to depict depth and distance.
Let's discuss it!
Strategically Us...
Paint This Scene With Layers and Texture
Drawing
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...
