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 IdeasFebruary 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 TechniquesNovember 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 LessonsLearn how to paint your way through a colorful theme park, adding rides, booths, and everything that captures that exciting buzz. Our award-winning instructor and artist, William "Bill" Dunn, gives several tips to help you along the way.
Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas , Watercolor Lessons , Step-By-Step Lessons , Beginner TechniquesIstanbul, Turkey "Barns at Santanoni" © Ken Wheelerwww.kenwheelerstudio.com New York, USA "Watercolor Landscape" © R. Grzeszczakowskiwww.grzeszczakowski.art.pl Poland "Ms. Romanoff" © Rick Clubbwww.rickclubb.com Illinois, USA "Salt Flats" © Nina Allen Freemanwww.ninaallenfreeman.net Florida, USA "Plum Blossoms" © Karen Wrightwww.fine-art.com/msrite1 California, USA
Categories: Watercolor Paintings Gallery1. Brush If you can afford only one brush, buy a #8 round red sable watercolor brush. Otherwise buy the best synthetic or synthetic-blend brush you can find. Adding a round #4 and a 1" flat would come in handy for detail work and large washes. Most manufacturers have starter sets that contain very usable equivalents. 2. Paint Select a set of watercolor paints. The 12-color set shown below is a great deal. Most sets have a good selection of basic colors you'll need for transparent watercolor painting. Rarely use the white paint that is included in most cake or...
Categories: Watercolor Lessons , Preparing for Painting , Beginner TechniquesAmerican Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Henry G. Keller had an accomplished forty-year career as a teacher at the Cleveland School of Art. His summer workshops in Berlin Heights, Ohio were popular with his students who had included Charles Burchfield, Paul Travis, and Frank Wilcox. Although he became the first artist in Ohio to achieve distinction as a watercolorist, few remaining examples of his work have been located. Keller was know for experimentation in techniques of mixed media painting including watercolor, tempera, and goauche. The influences of decorative Japanese design motifs, Henri Matisse, and Paul Cézanne are apparent in...
Categories: Artists in ActionCharles Burchfield, an American painter known for his passionate watercolors Watercolorist Charles Ephraim Burchfield was one of America's most original and visionary watercolor artists. Best known for his romantic, often fantastic depictions of nature, Burchfield developed a unique style of watercolor painting that reflected distinctly American subjects and his profound respect for nature and man's relation to reality as received through all the senses. Burchfield was born on April 9, 1893, in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio. Five years later, following the death of his father, his family moved to Salem, Ohio, where he graduated from high school as class valedictorian in...
Categories: Artists in ActionReady your watercolor painting materials, friends! Today we're learning how to use the underpainting technique to paint a vibrant and more expressive apple.
Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas , Advanced Techniques , Step-By-Step Lessons