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 LessonsThese watercolor techniques put the word "color" in "watercolor." Includes an example landscape painting for you to follow along and try these techniques.
Categories: Watercolor Lessons , Advanced Techniques , Step-By-Step LessonsCharles Demuth, an American watercolor painter Charles Demuth has been described by author Andrew Carnduff Ritchie as "Elegant, witty, frivolous, dandified, shy, kind, gentle, amusing..." Coming from rather wealthy circumstances and suffering a delicate health and lameness, Charles Demuth grew up with a quiet interest in the arts. After completing studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1910 he went on to study painting at several art academys in Paris. Demuth experimented with the artistic influences of the day including cubism and expressionism. His most memorable personal style is at once intimate and calculating with subtle shadings of...
Categories: Artists in ActionAmerican "Maurice Brazil Prendergast was born in Boston, and trained in art as a painter of advertising placards in Boston and later in France and Italy. He returned to Boston in 1900. Prendergast was a member of The Eight, a group of artists led by Robert Henri. The group had an influential exhibition in 1908; they broke with the academic tradition that reigned at the time and proposed that painting be connected to everyday life. In 1914 he moved to New York City, where he spent the remainder of his life. His work is characterized by rich, powerful color applied...
Categories: Artists in ActionAmerican Reginald Marsh is best known for his paintings of New York City daily life: burlesque shows, Coney Island, the Bowery, movie houses, and elevated trains. His favorite resource was Coney Island, where he would rapidly fill sketchbooks with drawings of the bathers in all postures and positions. With additional photographs he developed a fine sense of human form and anatomy. Reginald Marsh was born in Paris, son of two artists, but the family settled in New Jersey when he was two. He graduated Yale University in 1920 and moved to New York where he worked as an illustrator for...
Categories: Artists in ActionAngelina is known as Canada’s pop surrealist superstar. She uses oil paints to create her often large, unique paintings. She is, from Merrickville, Ontario. Her paintings have earned international recognition by collectors and diehard loyalty from fans. She’s found considerable success with her own unique style of art.
Categories: Artists in ActionAre you looking to add some variety to your animal painting repertoire? If so, you're in luck because this article is all about exploring new and exciting animal painting projects. Whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced artist, we've got something for you. Instead of the usual animals, we'll be diving into the vibrant and colorful world of exotic fish underwater for beginners. Intermediate artists can spread their wings and paint a majestic eagle in a loose watercolor style. And for advanced artists, we'll tackle the intricate challenge of painting a white and gray bunny with complex fur. By trying...
Categories: Watercolor Lessons , Intermediate Techniques , Advanced Techniques , Beginner Techniques