Beebly's Watercolor Vault - Your watercolor painting knowledge base.

Join Jay Lee in this simple but fun watercolor painting activity that features bubbles and experimenting with easy painting ideas! This is a great tutorial for watercolor beginners of all different ages, especially kids.

The beauty and enigma of a nebula are captured in this simple watercolor painting, made using the variegated wash technique.

I remember spending a whole lot of my youth with my nose buried in art and watercolor painting books when I wasn't playing in the woods. I always seemed to learn more from step-by-step pictoral walk-throughs of paintings in progress than from reading descriptions of how to paint a particular subject or technique. Being rather old school, I watched John Gnagy on television, I read American Artist magazine and could not get enough of seeing how other artists were doing what they were doing. I grew up with the haunting dynamic realism of Andrew Wyeth versus the lyrical world-affirming characters,...

Want to learn how to use color and value to add drama to a painting? Look no further - in this tutorial, we'll be learning from John Singer Sargent and doing a watercolor bridge study based on the famous "Under the Railto Bridge" painting.

Paint the Historical Building of San Juan Capistrano 2 different ways in this historical watercolor painting session! Get an in-depth look into composition and value - aspects that make an interesting painting.

American Edgar A. Whitney was an avid teacher and made beautiful art influenced by elements of modern design and the wet in wet technique of J.W.S. Cox and others. Mr. Whitney's book "The Complete Guide to Watercolor" has been a mainstay in many artist's reference libraries. His influence can be found in many contemporary watercolorist's work. — Watercolor Masters: Edgar A. Whitney © 2010 Greg Conley —