Skies are mesmerizing and clouds can take my breath away.
I love painting the sky, and it's a joy to watch large arrangements of towering clouds glide past and change every minute.
Clouds are some of my favorite watercolor subjects. This is why I want to guide you through the...
One of the reasons I pick up a brush and paint watercolor is because there is light in the scene that I want to portray. Some of my favorite scenes are evening and night scenes where I really need to create a strong, believable source of light.
So, today I'm going to show you my exact process...
This season of plein air painting has impressed upon me the importance of finishing a painting strong. In this context, the stepping away sometimes means packing up and heading home to finish my painting in my comfortable studio.
Don't get me wrong - I love painting outdoors - but...
How do you know what art supplies are worth spending money on? How do you choose the right paper or paints or brushes from among the plethora of options available to you?
If you're serious about improving your watercolor skills, you'll want the tools you use to this end to support...
Especially if you're out painting plein air in the spring or summer, you will not be able to avoid the challenge of mixing greens to capture the scene in front of you. There are so many hues, such various shades, and such dimension in the greens out in the wild.
So today, we're going...
A painting with a strong focal point compels viewers, intrigues art connoisseurs, and keeps people engaged longer. The students that I've had who really zero in on the concept of the "main idea" see huge progress in their watercolor learning.
Keep reading to...
When you start a watercolor, do you have a blueprint to follow? Do you have a process in place? Or do you just wing it?
Maybe you've heard me refer to my "3-step painting process" in some of my other videos. I get a lot of questions about this, and so today, I am going to elaborate on...
The last 10 or 15 minutes of your watercolor painting process are the most important. What you do at this stage can make or break your painting - especially in watercolor.
When you're adding your final bits of detail, when you're adding your darks, when you're trying to bring...
