Below, I have placed two of my paintings - one is an older painting, and one is more recent. There are many differences between these two paintings. The first one has several mistakes, but one mist...

Today I'm teaching how to paint morning light in watercolor.

What Supplies Did I Use?

I am painting on Saunders Waterford Cold Press 140lb paper, and I have my surface tilted to 35 degrees.

I ...

The light effect that we refer to as “dappled” creates a particularly pleasing atmosphere, both in real life and in art. There’s something soothing about shadows created by the natural world, somet...

Capturing light in watercolor is always a primary goal when I am painting a street scene. The light play on buildings, shadows in the streets, and the brilliance of the sky, when done well, can com...

Have you ever finished a watercolor and just sensed that you missed the mark somewhere? 

When this happens to me, it is often because there’s a lack of focus in the painting. My eyes don’t know wh...

Here in Kansas, we don’t have a lot of geographic beauty, but what we do have are gorgeous skies. And there is nothing more suited to watercolor paint than the vibrant colors of the sky.

So today,...

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. 

B...

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...

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 watercol...

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 ...

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 dimension...

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 watercolo...