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 Techniques
February 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 Ideas
February 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 Techniques
November 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 Lessons
Learn how to paint beautiful watery landscapes with reflections and human figures with Vinita Pappas' beginner-friendly tutorial.
Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas , Watercolor Lessons
Matting and Framing Your Work Matting your watercolors protects and enhances the look of your paintings by cleanly defining the image edges and isolating your image in a uniform neutral or complementary background. Mats are made from mat board which should be made from all cotton acid free fiber. How to make a mat 101 As a start, choose neutral off white mats either warm or cool depending of the overall hue and value of your painting. After you've been at it a while and have seen what others are doing with colors and bevels and layers feel free to...
Categories: Watercolor Lessons , Beginner Techniques
September 20th, 2015
Maryland, USA "Japanese Garden" © Judy Huangwww.judypaint.com Georgia, USA "Lower Town, Staithes" © Tim Wilmotwizard-systems.typepad.com/tim_wilmots_paintings Bristol, UK "Sentinels" © Amanda Spencerwww.amandaspencer.co.uk Kent, UK "Back Roads" © Tom Joneswww.tomjonesartist.com Florida, USA "White Sails, Blue Water" © Christy Edwardswww.christyedwards.com New York, USA
Categories: Watercolor Paintings Gallery
September 10th, 2015
How to use tissue paper as a watercolor technique for painting abstract textures.
Categories: Watercolor Lessons , Color Theory , Beginner Techniques
September 11th, 2015
Some rather gaudy purple irises serve as willing subjects for working wet-in-wet and glazing for bright and colorful results. Materials used: Brushes 1 1/2" (381mm) Flat Winsor & Newton Series 965 1" Grumbacher Aquarelle Flat Red Sable #12 Winsor & Newton Series 7 Red Sable #10 Winsor & Newton Series 820 Red Sable #6 Grumbacher Watercolor Classic Paints Paints Sap Green Hooker's Green Dark Phthalocyanine Blue Cobalt Blue Dioxazine Purple Alizarin Crimson Permanent Rose Raw Sienna Burnt Umber Paper Spiral Pad (11" x 14") Canson #140 cold pressed Miscellaneous #2 Pencil Kneaded Eraser Palette - Your choice. Mine is an...
Categories: Step-By-Step Painting Ideas , Watercolor Lessons , Intermediate Techniques
August 31st, 2015
The Classic The Classic grip for holding a watercolor brush is much like the way you hold a pen or pencil for writing. The only difference being that you (for the most part) are gripping the brush further from the business end of things. Pick up your brush and grip the thickest part of the handle above the ferrulle—the body of the brush—and hold it like you are getting ready to write a letter. Remember writing? Weigh the brush in your hand, roll it with your fingers, find the balance of the brush in your grip. Since you are holding...
Categories: Watercolor Lessons , Preparing for Painting , Beginner Techniques
September 17th, 2015
New Zealand "Ayne-II" © Eduardo Nicolaiwww.eduardonicolai.com Tierra del Fuego "Capt. Hunter" © Luke Buckwww.lukebuckart.com Indiana, USA "Hoofers Gold" © Mary Francis Hill, NWSwww.maryfrancishill.com Wisconsin, USA "Sailing Event, San Diego" © Shuang Liwww.linkstwo.com California, USA "Port-1993" © Vasile Movileanu (1955-2011)www.vasilemovileanu.com Moldova
Categories: Watercolor Paintings Gallery
September 10th, 2015
