by Joe | Jun 28, 2013 | Class paintings, Watercolor Demonstrations
Here is a simple watercolor painting subject for beginners. It is also a good subject if you are sitting around your home and not feeling too inspired. It will get your creative juices flowing without a great deal of emotional investment on your part. I have a number...
by Joe | Apr 1, 2013 | Class paintings
This watercolor painting of sheep was completed recently by my class. The week before I had conducted a workshop in the country and brought back some good reference photos. I was staying on a farm with loads of excellent painting subjects. As we hadn’t painted...
by Joe | Jan 16, 2011 | Design, Fear of painting with watercolors, Tips, Tone, Watercolor painting steps
A watercolor painting usually progresses in the following manner: Large shapes to small shapes Wet on wet to wet on dry (could also be read as from soft edges to hard edges) Light tones (more water in a mix) to dark tones (less water in a mix) Cool colors (distance)...