
"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
Have you seen those 500 color sets of paint? Do you really need all that? While it may be fun to pretend to be a princess and have every color available to mankind… this really not a good plan for buying paint. Unless you are really enamored with a special tint, it’s best to leave most of the colors at the store and only bring home a few… and I will tell you why.
Categories: Preparing for Painting
There are three key things that make watercolors completely different from other paint mediums. These are also tips to help you with your painting success. If you know the nature of the thing, your interactions with the thing become more satisfying. Here are three key things to know about the nature of watercolor paints that we’ve never said before.
Categories: Watercolor Lessons
Like most things, watercolors are not created equal. The dollar store palette will not yield the same results as a professional brand. Why? The answer is a bit complicated but I will see if I can explain it to you in just a few paragraphs.
Categories: Watercolor Lessons
While I was looking up the details to do the feature on Kelly Eddington I came across this article. I found the images fascinating and I am not surprised that each of these artists is an award-winning figure painter. They were all recognized in this Splash 22 Watercolor Painting Competition. Too bad the article does not say how they placed, only that these pieces were recognized in the Portraits and Figures category.
Categories: Watercolor Paintings Gallery
Our guide today is Kelly Eddington. We’ve featured Kelly’s lessons on Beebly’s before. She continues to inspire and guide us towards the meticulous perfection that she herself achieves when working with watercolors.
Categories: Preparing for Painting