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Workshops

2013 Workshops will be on 7th - 11th January and on 14th - 18th Jan 2013.

Bookings are on a first come basis.

Painting sky and clouds with watercolor

Step two of watercolor painting of simple beach scene for beginners.

After doing the drawing our first watercolor painting step is the sky. Create a very weak mixture of French Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna, about the strength of a weak cup of tea.

Then using the side of a round brush . . . → Read More: Painting sky and clouds with watercolor

Modified Dry Brush or Broken Edge Technique

Instead of horizontal or vertical brush strokes you can use a more curved stroke using the body of the brush head, which just lightly touches the watercolor paper.

The trick to this technique is to have your brush almost parallel to your watercolor paper, and not to let the point of the brush touch the . . . → Read More: Modified Dry Brush or Broken Edge Technique