This blog offers inspiration, tips, and tutorials about painting, drawing, and art topics in general.
I get quite a few questions about masking fluid. Frankly, it’s something I can’t live without (and once you start using it you probably won’t either!) It’s just so darn useful when you paint in watercolors. But one of the problems with masking fluid…
Ready for some phantom fun?! In this lesson I’m going to show you how to paint this quick and fun watercolor for Halloween! These little watercolor ghosts make a great beginner-friendly tutorial that will help you practice blending and how to manipulate pigments on…
I’m a big fan of mushrooms… But I’m not sure I’d eat this one! Instead, I’m going to show you the step by step process I used for painting this earthy-colored mushroom with a red cap. I’ll describe all the different tools and techniques…
I have to admit I was curious… At first, I couldn’t see the point of watercolor crayons or pencils. After all… If you want to paint, use paint – and if you’re going to draw, use pencils. Right? It seemed like a strange mixture…
I’ve come across some artists who are against the idea of using tracing techniques. Personally, I use tracing all the time! But should you consider tracing art as cheating or plagiarism? It’s been a subject of debate for many years… But rather than having…
Many artists swear that paper is the most essential part of your watercolor supplies! And I would tend to agree… Paper is the source of light and the foundation for your paint. But paper’s quality and handling properties vary enormously depending on the type…
It’s not always easy to find inspiration and ideas for new subjects to paint. All artists struggle with this dilemma at some point… So in today’s tutorial I want to share a straightforward way of finding ideas for things to paint with very little…
If you’re aiming for realism in your drawing and artwork there are ways to make the process easier by following a few simple steps. In fact you’ll be surprised how convincingly you can convey a subject, if you use this method. I’ll even tell…
In this tutorial I’m going to show you how you can paint these tomatoes in watercolor. And I think you’ll be amazed how easy it is to get satisfying results if you follow this method. You don’t need any experience with watercolor. I’ll show…
From time to time I take a closer look at paint colors. In this article I’ll be exploring Payne’s Grey. This is my favorite grey paint. I always have some on my palette ready to go! It’s a convenience mixture, made up of more…
Yes, I know… It can be pretty confusing! It’s easy to get lost in all the different formats and sizes of paper for painting with watercolors. It’s enough to make your head spin! So below, I’ll go over what options are available and answer…
In real life, light reveals the form of an object. Without light, we cannot see forms. Light enables us to perceive the world around us as shapes that differ in brightness. Artists express lightness or darkness as “values” (or tones). Stronger values are dark. Lighter values…
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