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...

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...

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 yo...

Paint This Evening Lake with Me

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...

I was out for a walk in my neighborhood and I saw this lovely evening scene and the light was hitting the side of this house. So I stopped and took this photo. 

And today I'm going to tell you h...

Watercolor skies are captivating! They are gorgeous to look at, and also incredibly satisfying to create. 

But that doesn’t mean they’re easy to paint.  

This blog and video will provide you with...

We all want that atmospheric light, that luminous glow, that bright sunlight in our watercolor paintings. 

To depict brilliant light, we must push our dark values as well as our light values. We w...

Often it’s the details of our painting that get the most attention and praise. So new watercolor artists often believe that the more detail they add to their paintings, the better they’ll turn out....

Whether you’re rendering a landscape, creating a nocturne, or painting a portrait, you need a concrete plan. Before you pick up your brush and mix your paints, let’s go through each step of the wat...

As a beginning watercolor artist, have you ever wondered how to create distance and depth on a thin sheet of paper? 

This blog post is going to address this topic head on. In it, I offer you four ...

Watercolor Landscapes become easier the more you can watch the watercolor painting process and practice watercolor techniques. That’s why today I am going to walk you through the steps I took to pa...

Have you ever completed a painting and felt disappointed? 

Maybe something just feels off, but you can’t quite put your finger on what it is. Consider that there might be something wrong with the ...