Soft Edges

Here is a combination of pigments to create a grey. A gradual addition of RMG to Viridian and French Ultramarine. It does not look grey yet, but as more water is added it will be less purple. Nuance in color is another tool to use in watercolor. A beauty of watercolor...
Liquid Layering

Liquid Layering

Hi friends It has been a while since my last post I apologize! We have reached a place in our watercolor exploration from which there are several paths to take and have been deliberating which to follow at this time. What I have come up with is a curriculum of adding...

Watercolor Science

I wanted to be able to paint waves that did not look like a human hand had painted them. One can paint a wave in Oil or Pastel or even watercolor and it looks like a wave.. well it looks like a painting of a wave but it is not the same.   A Wave painted with...

TRUTH, Truth and truth

Hi friends I am sorry for the silence the last couple of days. Have been pondering how best to proceed! But before we return to watercolor, I want to share a belief  rooted in an epiphany which evolved for me in the early years of painting This breaks both Truths and...
Lets Make a Mess

Lets Make a Mess

Hi all! Lets paint! Did you squirt your paints a while ago? Fill lots of pots with water. ( I think I became a painter so I would have a use for all the plastic containers mushrooms come in. Its so hard to buy bulk mushrooms). Draw some rocks or something in the...