Watercolor Methods
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How To Paint Fir Trees In Winter
Ten minutes to great looking snow-draped fir trees.
Darkening Light Colors
Learn to darken light colors while retaining their essential color identity with these methods.
Painting Trees - The Essential Technique
Learn the single most important technique for painting trees and foliage.
How To Unlock Your Creative Flow
Creativity is an essential skill for the visual artist - because it fosters both imagination and the ability to problem-solve. Fortunately, it's a skill that can (and should) be developed and nurtured.
Never Throw Away Watercolor Paper
Don’t ever throw away a piece of watercolor paper. Give it new life like this.
Mixing Greens For Watercolor Landscape Paintings
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Copy A Drawing To Watercolor Paper With Saral Transfer Paper
This article shows how to move a drawing to watercolor paper with transfer paper.
Create And Use A Value Scale For Better Watercolor Paintings
Learn how to create your own value scale, an essential painting tool for any artist.
Transfer & Enlarge A Drawing Freehand
Freehand transfer of your drawing to watercolor paper made easier!
Cerulean Blue Watercolor - Not Always The Same!
There are two versions of Cerulean Blue on the market - know what you are getting!
Three Common Watercolor Painting Problems
Three common watercolor painting mistakes - blooms, streaks, mud.
Brushes For Watercolor Painting
The best choices for watercolor painting brushes.
The Characteristics Of Color
Color has three characteristics; Hue, Value, and Chroma. Learning these characteristics is the first step in increasing your ability to represent light and form, and more expressive paintings.
Draw A Tree With Cylinder Shapes
Learn how to draw a tree using simple cylinder shapes to build the underlying form. This is an easy method that can be applied to any subject.
A Simple Composition Secret From The Masters
Centuries of close observation and analysis have made it clear that a relative handful of value patterns appear in great paintings over and over. Learn about one that is found in masterworks over and over.
Wet-In-Wet Watercolor Painting Technique
Wet-in-wet technique is the essential watercolor painting technique. Learn two methods for wet-in-wet technique in this post.
How To Fix A Watercolor Bloom
Blooms are the most common problem with watercolors. Learn how to avoid them and to fix them when they happen.
Three Ways To Stretch Watercolor Paper
Prevent watercolor paper from buckling by stretching it first. This post and video shows three ways.
How To Flatten A Buckled Watercolor Painting
An easy way to flatten a buckled watercolor painting that requires nothing fancy but a little bit of time.
Good Shapes For Good Composition
Paintings are simply collections of shapes with color and value added. Compelling paintings are composed with well-constructed, ‘good’ shapes. Learn the simple ideas for constructing a good shape.