Greg Conley

Learn ways to control your splatter-painting technique to paint beautiful cherry blossom sakura trees.

Use alcohol as a watercolor technique for painting interesting textures.

Mixing different types of watercolors provides you with a range of new tones and hues that can improve the versatility and quality of your artwork. You can mix your colors directly on your watercolor paper but a better approach is to use your palette.

Bands of Color This exercise is designed to hone your wash-laying skills in the form of single strokes of color laid down side by side in whatever pattern your first stroke takes. The object is to concentrate on the white line you are forming between each stroke. Try not to touch any previous strokes, keeping the white lines of unpainted paper unbroken. Mix several puddles of different colors on your watercolor palette. I used a round #10 red sable for most of this exercise. A round #4 red sable was used to add smaller variations in the gaps. A larger...

Did you know monoprinting can be a watercolor technique? Here's how to use it to produce one-of-a-kind watercolor prints.

Your fan brush is more versatile than you'd think! Here are 4 clever watercolor techniques using your regular ol' fan brush.

These watercolor techniques put the word "color" in "watercolor." Includes an example landscape painting for you to follow along and try these techniques.

Watercolor brush pens will be an excellent addition to your art supplies if you like painting, coloring, or drawing. These pens come with smooth brush tips and vibrant colors and offer great control and precision and allow you to create the effects of regular watercolor.