Painting With Watercolors

Fig 4: Plein air watercolor painting of Venice. Gondola placed back in studio Everything in its Place As you can see from my plein air set up I have a tray that holds my brushes, as well as my palette and water. I keep a towel in my hand to adjust moisture in my brush.  [...] → Continue Reading Watercolor Plein Air Step 4

Fig 3: Plein Air painting of a Venice Canal, painted in 2010 Spray Bottle I keep a spray bottle handy.  It has a very fine mist (it was used to spray anti static spray on clothing before I appropriated it for my watercolour work) and I use it to keep my painting wet. If you [...] → Continue Reading Watercolor Plein Air Step 3

Fig 2: Plein air painting of Crook Haven Heads, New South Wales Planning I start by developing a good design and an idea of how I am going to progress with my painting.  This is achieved during the drawing stage. Time of Day Now I try and get my paintings done in the early hours [...] → Continue Reading Watercolor Plein Air Step 2

Fig 1: This painting was done while I was in Venice in 2010. Artists often have trouble painting plein air with watercolor.  The reasons for this are many so I have written this article to offer some help. My first attempt at painting outdoors was a total disaster leaving me quite depressed about the whole [...] → Continue Reading Watercolor Plein Air