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Using everyday plastic saran wrap can be a nifty watercolor technique for producing unique textures and backgrounds. Categories: Watercolor Lessons , Beginner Techniques Before the flood MATERIALS USED: Arches CP #140 watercolor paper, a 1½” Winsor & Newton Series 965 wash brush, plastic food wrap. COLORS USED: Pthalocyanine Blue, Sap Green. For this watercolor technique, I start by
Categories: Watercolor Lessons , Preparing for Painting , Beginner Techniques The Classic The Classic grip for holding a watercolor brush is much like the way you hold a pen or pencil for writing. The only difference being that you (for the most part) are gripping the brush further from the business end of things. Pick up your brush and grip
Your fan brush is more versatile than you’d think! Here are 4 clever watercolor techniques using your regular ol’ fan brush. Categories: Watercolor Lessons , Color Theory , Beginner Techniques Have a fan brush but have no idea how to use it? Here are 4 watercolor techniques using a fan brush, courtesy of Steve Mitchell. Thanks Steve! Materials used: Random Upward
“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 As the saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers”, so here’s a fun floral-themed lesson for you to
Learn ways to control your splatter-painting technique to paint beautiful cherry blossom sakura trees. Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas , Watercolor Lessons , Advanced Techniques , Step-By-Step Lessons Having trouble painting the complexity of a whole tree? We found this watercolor technique by Leonardo Pereznieto for splatter-painting a beautiful cherry blossom tree. It’s fun and beautiful. What more can you ask for? Thanks Leonardo
Let’s create an easy watercolor flower with a beginner technique cooked up by Jay Lee! In this tutorial, we’ll be using an ordinary household accessory as a painting tool for a quick exercise with great results. Categories: Watercolor Lessons , Step-By-Step Lessons , Beginner Techniques If you’ve run out of ideas, here’s a fun one: let’s create an easy flower
(…even if you’ve never paintiner before)
You’ll learn the fundamentals of watercolor and become confident with your brush, so you can follow any painting tutorial in the future!
