July 9th, 2016
Watercolor Class Preview: How to use "perspective" to sketch realistic buildings and streets. How to paint clusters of buildings without looking like boring boxes. How to mix colors and paint building details of different sizes and angles. How to paint vehicles and their features such as headlights, tail lights, and tires. How to paint an active sky before sunset. Using artists’ tape to modify specific sections without jeopardizing your work. Paints On The Palette (Various Brands) Lemon Yellow Orange Bright Orange Permanent Alizarin Crimson Cadmium Red Light Lavender Deep Purple Deep deep Purple (Mineral Violet) Olive Green Chromium of Oxide Viridian Cobalt Green...
Categories: Advanced Lessons , Intermediate LessonsFebruary 23rd, 2017
Watercolor Class Preview: How to sketch an outdoor restaurant scene with letters, people, and building details. How to use appropriate brushes for specific elements such as lettering. Mix primary colors with darker colors to achieve nighttime lighting. How to use white paint for touching up details and mixing with vibrant colors. Using different brushes to tweak details with interior and exterior areas of a restaurant. Paints On The Palette (Various Brands) Lemon Yellow Orange Bright Orange Permanent Alizarin Crimson Cadmium Red Light Lavender Deep Purple Deep deep Purple (Mineral Violet) Olive Green Chromium of Oxide Viridian Cobalt Green Leaf Green Cerulean...
Categories: Beginner Lessons , All LessonsAugust 10th, 2017
Preview Of Class On Boat & Water Scene With Reflections: How to study and sketch a wharf scene with a sailboat and forest. How to prepare to paint reflections on water. How to apply the “wet in wet” technique to a forest, a sky, and a body of water. How to mix primary colors with earth colors to achieve a relaxing and immersive atmosphere. Mixing white paint with various colors to achieve different levels of transparency within a painting. Mixing colors on watercolor paper to achieve ripple effects. Paints On The Palette (Various Brands) Lemon Yellow Orange Bright Orange Permanent...
Categories: Intermediate Lessons , All LessonsMay 21st, 2015
Watercolor Class Preview: Learn the basics of creating accurate perspective in your paintings Why perspective is important when composing a painting Learn what a horizon and vanishing point is and how it relates to the rest of your painting How to choose the vanishing point in a painting How to sketch a drawing of a building using a vanishing point as a reference How to determine a vanishing point in an existing painting using tracing paper, a ruler, and a pencil How to use perspective to create interest and three-dimensional effects in your painting How to align the perspective of details...
Categories: Technique Lessons , Beginner Lessons , All LessonsApril 30th, 2016
Watercolor Class Preview: How to paint liquid without breaking a sweat. Why a "compositional rough" is worth sketching before painting a single stroke. Watercolor techniques for painting glass and subtle reflections. How to paint shadows and highlights for lemons, which tend to be reflective. Why adding a simple background can make a lot of sense when painting glass. How to mix colors for bringing out fine details. Paints On The Palette (Holbein Artists' Watercolors) Cadmium Yellow Light Aureolin Cadmium Yellow Orange Cadmium Red Deep Permanent Alizarin Crimson Opera Ultramarine Deep Cobalt Blue Cerulean Blue Peacock Blue Payne’s Grey Neutral Tint Paper: Arches 140-pound coldpress watercolor...
Categories: All Lessons , Advanced LessonsDecember 26th, 2016
Preview Of "How To Watercolor Buildings": How to sketch the front of a hotel with an awning, huge archway and many waving flags. How to paint vehicles like limousines and cars. How to use basic colors such as "Neutral Tint" in different methods to capture the feeling of architectural details. Using different colors to paint the different flags and using black for additional detail. How to implement architectural detail to fill a scene with presence of visual stability. Using creative ways to crop "points of interest" effectively. Paints On The Palette (Various Brands) Lemon Yellow Orange Bright Orange Permanent Alizarin Crimson Cadmium Red...
Categories: Intermediate Lessons , All LessonsAugust 31st, 2016
Watercolor Class Preview: How to paint a racing horse. How to draw a race horse and jockey in motion. How to use color theory and complementary colors in a real painting. Using the "snap" technique to emphasize character within a painting. Blending loose abstract streaks with a realistic painting to create an illusion of movement. Applying the "wet-in-wet" technique to paint grass and sky. Paints On The Palette (Various Brands) Lemon Yellow Orange Bright Orange Permanent Alizarin Crimson Cadmium Red Light Lavender Deep Purple Deep deep Purple (Mineral Violet) Olive Green Chromium of Oxide Viridian Cobalt Green Leaf Green Cerulean...
Categories: Advanced Lessons , All LessonsOctober 21st, 2014
Watercolor Class Preview: How to create special effects with masking fluid without ruining your brush What colors to use for an overcast, snowy, winter scene How to paint a background wash How to take paint off with paper towels How to add texture with a spray bottle as paint is drying How to paint evergreen trees How to paint water How to take off masking fluid without ripping your paper How to glaze painted paper with new paint How to paint boulders How to paint a wooden log How to use a needlepoint brush to paint branches How to plan...
Categories: Intermediate Lessons , All Lessons