Here’s a close-up of pink lily flowers painted with wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry and splattering techniques. Video coming soon. Materials used: Brushes Paints Miscellaneous Step 1: Sketch and Dampen Paper Border your paper with masking tape to protect the edges of your painting. Using your reference image, sketch out the basic outline of your lilies and determine

An interesting foray into nighttime lighting effects using a nautical theme, the West Break Water Lighthouse in Cleveland, Ohio. Watch and see how things unfold as Greg paints his way through a dusky nautical theme. Materials used: Brushes Paints Paper Miscellaneous Step 1: Why, it’s another lighthouse I had several digital reference photos of the

Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas ,  Watercolor Lessons ,  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 Paints Paper Miscellaneous Step 1: Sketch it in Grab your pencil and kneaded eraser and draw. Remember that you are laying down a rough map

Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas ,  Watercolor Lessons ,  Intermediate Techniques A walk-through in the creation of a small painting of the Lorain Lighthouse on Lake Erie. Materials used: Brushes Paints Paper Miscellaneous Step 1: Whatcha drawing? Start out by knowing what you are going to paint, and drawing the shapes necessary to have a framework to hang your painting on.

Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas ,  Watercolor Lessons ,  Beginner Techniques Follow along as Isabella Kung sketches and paints realistic fruit. We cover composition, different surfaces, masking fluid, shapes, and much more in this simple yet useful exercise. Click here if you prefer watching a step-by-step video on our Beeblys WatercolorPainting.com. Materials used: Paints (Winsor & Newton’s Professional Watercolors) Brushes Step 1: Preparing For A

Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas ,  Watercolor Lessons ,  Beginner Techniques Materials Used: Brushes Paints Paper Miscellaneous Step 1: Preliminary Drawing Take time and sketch your preliminary drawing. Architectural subjects demand a certain amount of understanding how the geometric shapes interconnect to make the whole pattern. Pictured here is the original photo, a rather gray day shot, and the initial sketch.