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 include painting skies and [...] → Continue Reading How to paint a river landscape with watercolor
How to paint water with watercolor paints? While this article relates to how to paint with watercolors specifically most of the information also applies to all other artist’s mediums. Whole books have been written on this subject so I shall only cover the key points here. Watercolors are perfect for painting water due to their [...] → Continue Reading How to paint water
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 [...] → Continue Reading Controlled Wet on Wet or Wet in Wet Technique
I have just posted my latest watercolor (watercolour) demonstration. It is a painting of a narrow Venetian Canal. You go to it from the demonstration menu, it titled Venice 1. I love traveling to Venice and even though I have only been there twice now. The last time for about 12 days, I know I [...] → Continue Reading Watercolor Painting:Venice Canal Demonstration
I have just uploaded my latest free video watercolor demonstration onto this site. It can be viewed here: Painting Boats, Sunsets, Reflections and Water This scene is of Shoal Bay, at Port Stephens, in New South Wales, Australia. I hope you like looking at the video which has been split into 6 parts. I am [...] → Continue Reading Free Video Demonstration of Boats, Sunsets, Reflections and Water
Reflections When doing reflections remember to make the reflections of light colored objects darker and reflections of dark objects lighter. You can observe this yourself next time you are at a marina. Look at the reflections of the white boats and you will see that they are be darker than the white of the boats. [...] → Continue Reading Painting Reflections in Watercolor
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.
