
Gridding to the rescue! Your tools for practicing watercolor painting.
Gridding to the rescue! Gridding will help you get everything straight. Your output won't look like Naive Art unless that's what you want. Gridding will make sure that you get the proportions right. And it will enable you to put everything in the right places. Without squelching your creativity.
Categories: Preparing for Painting , Beginner TechniquesFebruary 29th, 2024
"April showers bring May flowers", so here's a fun floral-themed lesson for you to enjoy! Let's paint unique watercolor flowers - rose edition - with Dana as she walks us through some basic watercolor techniques.
Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas
February 29th, 2024
Gridding to the rescue! Your tools for practicing watercolor painting.
Gridding to the rescue! Gridding will help you get everything straight. Your output won't look like Naive Art unless that's what you want. Gridding will make sure that you get the proportions right. And it will enable you to put everything in the right places. Without squelching your creativity.
Categories: Preparing for Painting , Beginner Techniques
November 21st, 2023
Charting a Safe Course: Navigating Watercolor Painting Hazards
Discover essential safety tips for watercolor painting in this insightful article. Learn about selecting non-toxic materials, maintaining a safe workspace, and understanding potential hazards associated with certain pigments. Empower your artistic journey with practical guidance for a safe and mindful painting practice.
Categories: Watercolor LessonsLearn how to paint beautiful watery landscapes with reflections and human figures with Vinita Pappas' beginner-friendly tutorial.
Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas , Watercolor Lessons
If you are a real beginner you might be asking right now: what do you mean watercolor paper? Isn't all paper the same. Most paper - the regular kind that you feed to your printer - does not have adequate absorption capabilities and makes your paint run over the smooth surface rather than stay where you want to put it. Here are three essential things you need to take your brushwork to the next level.
Categories: Watercolor Lessons
American Frank Wilcox was a native of Cleveland, Ohio who became a prominent American Scene watercolorist. In 1906 he enrolled in the Cleveland School of Art and later studied with Henry Keller exploring his artistic boundaries. Between 1910 and 1916, Wilcox and Keller experimented with plein air painting and the techniques of the Impressionists. Wilcox developed his signature style which was American Scene or regionalist genre in a transparent watercolor technique. Using fluid and sometimes calligraphic washes Frank Wilcox chronicled the historic lives of the people and scenery of Northern Ohio. — Watercolor Masters: Frank Nelson Wilcox © 2010 Greg...
Categories: Artists in Action
Hope you're in the mood to pick up some new watercolor techniques because today we'll be adding new tips to your arsenal! Following these essential do's and don'ts of watercolor can bring your watercolor painting skills to the next level.
Categories: Beginner Techniques
After underpainting in bright basic hues, I develop a field and the tree line in high silhouette. This was a fun experiment. Materials used: Brushes 1 1/2" (381mm) Flat Winsor & Newton Series 965 #10 Winsor & Newton 820 round red sable #5 Scripto Red Sable Rigger #8 Winsor & Newton 820 round red sable #6 Grumbacher Watercolor Classic Red Sable Paints Sap Green Hooker's Green Dark Cerulean Blue Cobalt Blue Dioxazine Purple Alizarin Crimson Permanent Rose Raw Sienna Burnt Umber Indian Yellow Pthalocyanine Green Paper Watercolor Block (12" x 16") Arches #140 cold pressed Miscellaneous #2 Pencil Kneaded Eraser...
Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas , Watercolor Lessons , Beginner Techniques
American The 19th century landscape painter, George Inness, saw the artist's aim as "simply to reproduce in other minds the impression which a scene had made upon him." He was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1825 and regardless of the virtual lack of support from his father and no formal training, became a member of the National Academy of Art in 1868. Inness traveled extensively during his life, and works from these trips included Yosemite and Monterey Peninsula paintings. Innes focused on a light-infused tonalism and relied on glazes for his desired effects. He was a master of both...
Categories: Artists in Action
Painting a portrait can be overwhelming, so why not start small? In this tutorial, you'll be focusing on what it takes to create a realistic watercolor eye.
Categories: Advanced Techniques , Step-By-Step Lessons