How to Paint Complex Subjects

Making watercolors glow is mostly about contrast — the contrast between light and dark areas, or between warm and cool colors. That’s a fairly well known artist’s rule of thumb. But in this painting I used one extra little trick to make the flowers…
Does watercolor ever feel so overwhelming, you just don’t know where to start? Maybe you sit down to paint, and before you’ve even begun, your brain’s already juggling too many colors, too many details, and too many decisions. And halfway through, it’s the same…
I’ve heard it said that coffee boosts creativity. Whether that’s true or not, I thought you might like to join me by following along with this watercolor coffee cup tutorial. I’m always on the lookout for new subjects to paint. The ring stain of…
Practice makes perfect… Right ? I find that it’s just as true with watercolor painting as it is with anything else. I get a lot of pleasure painting even simple patterns with watercolors. Each time I pick up a brush and start painting I…
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…
In this lesson I’m going to show you how I painted this gingerbread man in watercolor. This is a fun watercolor painting that I’ll show you how to paint yourself, but it will also show you an interesting example of how watercolor paints can…
