Watercolor for Beginners

I only realized how valuable this tip was when one of my Masterclass students sent me this comment: This is what Cherryl told me: “I particularly felt like the tip to not draw and erase on my good Arches watercolor paper was advice probably…

These tasty looking pastries are very popular in France, where I live.  In this lesson I’m going to show you how you can paint this macaron in watercolor in just a few simple steps. In all my tutorials I try to simplify the painting…

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…

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…

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…

In this painting I’m going to show you an example of how to paint using a wet on dry technique known to watercolor artist’s as “glazing”. You’ve probably already heard me talk about glazing in some of my other painting tutorials. Glazing is an…

You can make this cherry blossom watercolor painting, and I’ll show you how to do it in just 4 easy steps. And you don’t need any skill with watercolors. Whether you’re a beginner or you’ve been practicing watercolors for a while, I’ll show you…