When a watercolor painting just can’t be salvaged Well this does happen and not just to beginners, experts also create work that just doesn’t come together. In fact I believe you have to be prepared to make such paintings from time to time if you want your art to progress. You have to be prepared [...] → Continue Reading When a watercolor painting is not fixable
Small area of muddy color If your watercolor painting is largely made up of clean watercolor washes but maybe 5% is overworked and muddy looking I often just let it go as it will not alter the overall look of your painting. This is not a hard and fast rule however. Sometimes a little muddy [...] → Continue Reading Muddy watercolor paintings and problems with design
Mass of tree foliage too flat and uninteresting You have just painted a mass of tree foliage but have just discovered it looks like one big flat shape. If the paint is still wet just use your fingernail or the rounded edge of and old credit card and scrape in some branch shapes. This breaks [...] → Continue Reading Fixing problems with shape and tone in a watercolor painting
Large splash of paint in unwanted area of your painting This watercolor problem often happens when one is moving a fully loaded watercolor paint brush over your painting surface. If you are not careful or are bumped you can drop a whole lot of paint where is it unwanted. It happened to me once for [...] → Continue Reading Watercolor problems: objects in wrong place
Stray watercolor droplets in the sky Sometime when you are painting the odd tiny drop of watercolor paint will land on a light area of your painting like the sky. How can you fix this? One way is to very quickly touch it with the tip of a tissue. Don’t press on it or you [...] → Continue Reading Removing stray watercolor droplets in your sky
Watercolor paintings can be fixed One often hears artists say that you cannot fix a watercolor painting once you have painted it or a section of it. This is not necessarily true, there are many things you can do to repair a painting or part of it. At worst there are things you can do [...] → Continue Reading How to fix a watercolor painting
Atmospheric beach sunset: Watercolor painting of an sunset on a pebbly beach with figures and reflections.
Atmospheric beach sunset: Watercolor painting of an sunset on a pebbly beach with figures and reflections.
Rising Mist, San Diego Harbor : Demonstration of how to paint an early morning misty scene with boats, water, and reflections.
Venice Sunset: Demonstration watercolor painting of a dramatic Venetian sunset with iconic buildings such as the Santa Maria Della Salute church.
