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How to paint a river landscape with watercolor

By joecart, on December 6th, 2011%

Grose river watercolor landscape

I have just finished posting my latest watercolor (watercolour) landscape demonstration. It is of the Grose River which runs through the Blue Mountains on the edge of Sydney, Australia. This location is very close to my home.

The demonstration covers a range of watercolor painting techniques which . . . → Read More: How to paint a river landscape with watercolor

Comments are closed   Brushes, Demonstrations, Landscape painting, Painting Trees, Painting water, Reflections, Rocks

Modified Dry Brush or Broken Edge Technique

By joecart, on August 10th, 2011%

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

Comments are closed   Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Broken Edge, Clouds, Landscape painting

Controlled Wet on Wet or Wet in Wet Technique

By joecart, on August 10th, 2011%

Controlled Wet on Wet or Wet in Wet Technique

As the paper dries, during the wet on wet technique, it will arrive at a point where it has lost its shine, now if at this stage you run the point of your brush across this damp section of paper you will see an interesting effect . . . → Read More: Controlled Wet on Wet or Wet in Wet Technique

Comments are closed   Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Edges, Landscape painting, Painting Boats, Painting water, Reflections, Shadows and reflections, Tips, Watercolor basics, Watercolor Painting Techniques, Wet in Wet, Wet on Wet

Watercolor Painting Farm Landscape

By joecart, on March 13th, 2011%

I have just uploaded my latest demonstration. It is a watercolor painting landscape demonstration of some New South Wales farmland.

The demo covers areas such as painting gum trees, farm land and shadows.

You can find it through the Demonstrations tab on the menu above or just by clicking here: Watercolor Landscape Painting Demonstration

Comments are closed   Landscape painting, Painting Trees, Underwash