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...

When every part of your watercolor has the same emphasis, you really end up emphasizing nothing.

To avoid this, you first have to understand the role that each part of your painting plays. Today, ...

When we put too much detail in the background of our scene, we compete with the rest of our painting. We pull attention away from our main ideas in the other parts of the scene.

Today, I'm going t...

Learn to Paint this Colorado Landscape

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What Supplies Do You Need to Paint This Landscape?

Today I show you step-by-step how to paint this scene. I discuss value...