The rule of thirds is a simple, reliable way to create good composition in any painting. Divide your...

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You don't need white watercolor paint to lighten a color, unlike gouache, oil, or acrylic, watercolo...

Watercolor is all about building up layers, so your pigment to water ratio should shift as you go. S...

If you make everything in a painting light, nothing will actually look light. To preserve a highligh...

Earth tones are natural colors derived from minerals, clay, and soil, think ochres, siennas, and umb...

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...

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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...