Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas ,  Watercolor Lessons ,  Intermediate Techniques  Original PhotoTaken with Fuji Fine pix digital camera at St Antonin in Southern France Allan Kirk’s impressionistic watercolor exercise shows how to capture light and present the beauty that can be found in the simplest of subjects. The composition is brought to life by the way transparent watercolor is used to

In around 4 hours, you will create a beautiful watercolor showing an idyllic beach in the Mediterranean, where families are relaxing together in the summer sunshine. In between washes you may use a hair dryer to hasten the drying process for the next stage. Using a hair dryer can be useful. Without one, you’ll literally be

Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas ,  Watercolor Lessons ,  Beginner Techniques A weird composition, but a fun painting to build using liquid frisket technique. I used some interesting all over glazing techniques and a lot of detailed and textured brushwork. Materials used: Brushes Grafix Incredible Nib Frisket Paints Paper Miscellaneous Step 1: Drawing and Masking For this lesson, I will paint a

Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas ,  Watercolor Lessons ,  Intermediate Techniques Photo: Fuji Finepix Digital Camera “Tower St. Martin, Soreze” (2009) – 21cm x 27cm Watercolor on Arches Rough 140lb Watercolor Paper Allan Kirk’s impressionistic watercolor exercise shows how to capture the mood of a bright, and and sunny day in medieval Soreze in the Tarn in southern France. For Allan Kirk, watercolor impressionism

Categories: Watercolor Lessons ,  Intermediate Techniques Stretching your watercolor paper has certain aesthetic advantages. You’ll end up with a perfectly flat surface on which to work. This surface will stay relatively flat as you work and the finished painting will dry perfectly flat. The only disadvantage is that it takes some effort and dedication to do it consistently.

Categories: Watercolor Lessons ,  Beginner Techniques Your brush with destiny Watercolor brushes are traditionally made of the red sable hair that comes from the pricey little critters of fur coat fame. Over the centuries artists have winnowed out the best materials for their tools. And by consensus it has been determined that the finest watercolor brushes are made