A white crayon can preserve white areas in your watercolor painting through a technique called wax r...
Before you paint a watercolor piece, sketch loosely to work out your composition first. Start with a...
Most paintings go through an ugly phase, even the ones by experienced artists. If you're partway thr...
Watercolor beads up on a palette because of a slick factory coating found on brand new plastic palet...
Have you ever wondered how and when to use masking fluid in your watercolor painting? Masking fluid ...
A flat wash has consistent, even color throughout. A gradient wash fades from a lighter value to a d...
Archival ink micron pens are a fun way to add crisp detail over watercolor. Even though each pen onl...
Brown might look boring straight from the tube, but mixed with other colors, it becomes one of the m...
Painting a watercolor snow mountain gets easy once you stop trying to paint the snow itself. Mix you...
If yellow is a warm color, how can there be a cool yellow? It's a fair question.
Cool yellows lean ...
Clouds follow the same rules of perspective as everything else you paint. The ones closest to you lo...
If you’ve ever sat down with watercolor paints, excited to begin, only to end up with frustration, s...
Have you ever mixed what should have been a beautiful, vibrant purple, only to end up with something...
One of the most common things I hear from artists is:
"I know I should paint more, but I just can't...
If you've ever wondered why you're not getting better at painting despite watching tutorials, taking...
