Paint a Winter Wonderland in Watercolor In celebration of the winter holidays, I’ve created a full-length tutorial on my YouTube channel, showing you how to paint a snowy winter scene in watercolor.
Paint a Pumpkin in Watercolor | Step by Step Tutorial In the fall, I love to paint pumpkins. I love the color. I love the shape of this big gourd. I love the combination of orange and green and blue that can be achieved with a pile of pumpkins on a sunny fall day. If…
Teaching Watercolor Online More and more students have been signing up for my free and premium online watercolor courses. My most popular course is called Getting Started in Watercolor. It is the perfect place to start if you are completely new to watercolor and need guidance and recommendations for choosing supplies, including paper, paints, brushes…
Using Cobalt Teal Blue in Watercolor The color I am highlighting in this video is Cobalt Teal Blue by Daniel Smith. It is made with a single pigment – PG50. This paint has excellent lightfastness, it is non-staining it is slightly granulating and semi-transparent.
How to Mix Turquoise in Watercolor Turquoise can be a difficult color to mix. It lives somewhere between blue and green, but also has hints of yellow. In this video, I share four valuable recipes for mixing this elusive color using common pigments on your watercolor palette. To assist you in creating these turquoise watercolor…
How to Paint a Daffodil in Watercolor I love daffodils. They are the harbingers of Spring and a sign of new life. In this post, I show you how I paint a single white and yellow daffodil in watercolor.
Mixing Neutral Grays – Three Recipes Learning to mix beautiful neutrals is an essential skill in watercolor. In this video I reveal three of my favorite recipes for stunning neutral grays.
A New Color on my Palette – Indanthrone Blue Indanthrone blue by Daniel Smith (PB60) is a beautiful, dark, warm blue that has excellent lightfastness. It is non-granulating, medium staining and transparent. It mixes with a variety of yellows to make rich, beautiful greens.
How to Change the Colors on Your Watercolor Palette In this video I show you how easy it is to update the colors on your watercolor palette. I show you how to use simple tools to remove colors, move colors and update and refresh your watercolor palette.
Which Cool Blue Should I Use? There are so many blues to choose from. Which should you use? I would suggest you need to have at least one cool and one warm blue. In this video, I demonstrate the colors that can be mixed using two wonderful cool blues – Cerulean Blue Chromium and Phthalo…
Create a Ten-Step Value Scale Improve Your Ability to See and Create Accurate Values Use my ten-step value scale template to create your own value scale from one of the colors on your watercolor palette. This is an excellent exercise for your improving your value awareness.
Affordable 100% Cotton Watercolor Paper Do you ever find yourself hesitant to start your painting, because you are worried about “wasting” your expensive watercolor paper? You are not alone. That is a common feeling.