If a finished painting feels flat, it's usually because the foreground and background have the same ...

Sky holes are the gaps in a tree's canopy where you can see sky or whatever's behind it. Trees are b...

Watercolor ground is a medium you can apply to almost any surface, like wood, rock, or canvas, to tu...

Adding birds to a watercolor sky brings movement and life to an otherwise flat, empty space. Use a s...

One-point perspective means everything on your horizon line vanishes toward a single point. The side...

Painting rocks is challenging for two reasons: their shapes often lack clear definition, and they're...

You can mount a watercolor painting without glass by adhering it to a solid backing with heavy gel m...

When sketching an ocean, your horizon line needs to stay perfectly flat, never wobbly, zigzagged, or...

A wash is the first layer of paint you put down to establish a painting's overall tone and color. A ...

You can mix a rich black by combining your three primary colors together, red, yellow, and blue, in ...

To create depth in a watercolor tree, paint your background branches wet-into-wet while the sky is s...

The cauliflower effect happens when your brush carries more pigment than the wet layer underneath it...

Feeling too lazy to paint doesn't mean you have to skip painting altogether. Keep a running list of ...

Your watercolor paints keep getting watery because every time you rinse your brush between colors, y...

If you prefer painting nature over buildings, cityscapes are still worth practicing in watercolor. K...