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 co...

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 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...

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 Key...

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 ...

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...

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 lik...

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 f...

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 o...

If you're interested in landscape painting, you'll need to know how to integrate and fully render trees and foliage. So today, I am going to demonstrate the process I used to paint the tree feature...

Learning what is happening on your paper and the timing of your watercolor process makes all the difference!

This is what today's video is all about - mastering the timing necessary to paint a bea...

Animals are not a mainstay in my paintings. I don't always gravitate toward them. But this scene grabbed my attention, and I really wanted to take on this subject.

So, I grabbed the opportunity by...