While most of my watercolor paintings are landscapes and street scenes, I really love the challenge of painting interior scenes. Sometimes an interior just enthralls me, and I have to paint it. 

But when you're painting an indoor scene, there are some specific things that you need to pay attenti...

If you’ve followed me for any amount of time, you’ve heard me talk about the “large, connected middle value shape.” It’s essential in my process of watercolor painting. 

And, undoubtedly, it’s one of the most difficult concepts for students to grasp. So let’s take some time to study this goal of...

Adding figures to your watercolor paintings can be intimidating, and often I see students approach them with caution. In a previous video, I outlined 3 tips to help you add figures to your watercolor paintings. Today, I am going to add to this list.

Watch the video above for a step by step guide...

When I make full-length tutorials like this one, my hope is that you watch it once through to get a feel for my process, and then you watch it again as you try your hand at it. 

You're welcome to come back to it as many times as you want, focusing on different aspects of the painting and honing ...

Whether I’m painting a street scene, a landscape, or an interior, I am always observing the light. Light is essential to capturing a scene’s atmosphere and depicting realistic and dynamic dimensions.

But achieving this in a scene isn’t simple - and street scenes present unique challenges to an a...

Watercolor artists don’t have the same opportunity to form surface texture by building up paint on their paper like artists who use acrylics or oils. But this doesn’t mean that texture in watercolor paintings is less interesting or visually compelling.

Let’s talk about different ways to create a...

Watercolor is difficult, in part, because you have to juggle so many variables at the same time. Timing is tricky, color mixing can be complicated, and creating depth is difficult. 

That’s why, in this simple watercolor landscape tutorial, I am going to address all three of these variables as I ...

If you’re interested in painting landscapes, one watercolor subject you’ll want to practice over and over are trees. Painting a tree with watercolor and knowing how to group trees and foliage in your scene are essential watercolor landscape skills.

So today we’re going to cover how to paint wate...