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Intermediate Techniques
Become A Better Color Mixer By Learning These Watercolor Techniques
Mixing the right colors is tough work, but Mako’s got your back! Try these intermediate watercolor techniques to help you upgrade your color mixing skills!
Extra Watercolor Techniques: Negative Painting to Make Things POP
Don’t miss this chance to learn all about negative painting! We’re painting eye-catching leaves with watercolor techniques that will make your subject POP.
Watercolor Techniques for Realistic Snowy Trees & Bushes
How to paint photo-realistic snowy trees & bushes without tripping over yourself.
Alcohol Textures: An Easy Watercolor Technique
Use alcohol as a watercolor technique for painting interesting textures.
Dry Scratching Watercolor Technique For Painting Fur
White fur is usually notoriously difficult to paint. Here’s a clever watercolor technique by Yong Chen using dry scratching & negative painting concepts.
Easy Watercolor Calligraphy Technique
Embellish your written words through the clever use of watercolor and calligraphy. This watercolor technique shared by Linsey Bugbee is a step-by-step crash course on watercolor calligraphy for beginners.
Using A Salt Technique For Texture In A Watercolor Card
Learn how to add a unique effect to watercolor using a common condiment by following Jennifer McGuire in her card-making tutorial.
Wet-In-Wet Watercolor Technique
Everything you need to know about this watercolor technique for applying paint or water to wet watercolor paper.
Using “Back Washes” As A Technique For Painting Abstract Background Texture
Here’s a watercolor technique for painting interesting textures by dropping clean water onto your painting as paint dries.
Splatter & Spray Watercolor Techniques
Flinging paint may be the most fun watercolor technique. Here’s how to do it in a controlled (or uncontrolled) manner.
Sgrafitto & Stamped Watercolor Techniques For Textures
How to use scratching, scraping & stamping as watercolor techniques for achieving specific looks.
Using Salt For Texture
An introduction to a watercolor technique using salt to create special effects and textures in paintings.