Values in Watercolor

Values in Watercolor

Next is testing the palette. This is not only for color but also how the pigment moves on the paper. This changes with the weather. Moisture in the air changes the paper’s absorption. Step 3 Fluid first coat creates the under lying movement for the...
Making a Living at Art?

Making a Living at Art?

Why in the world would one want to do this? I have been asked this as well as have been told many times, “Oh I dont want to sell my art I give it away.” The implication is art is above trade, buying and selling those plebian activities of human commerce...
Lets Start at the Very Beginning #3

Lets Start at the Very Beginning #3

Explore the reds! Rose Madder Genuine a tender blue pink and Opera, stridently floral, are additions that will make more depth to your play and...

Yellow- Butterfly Kisses on Paper

Yellow is hard. It is hard to get it to sing. Yellow can go so, so flat. I wonder why that is.. I know how it happens but what is the science behind yellow going flat? I know if – — to make the yellow ‘stronger’ I have added layers of pigment,...

Reductive Painting- Painting the negative space

The next skill specific to watercolor I call Reductive Painting. It is a powerful way to build depth into the picture plane and to make an object come forward. It is going in and painting around an object. If you want to paint a trunk of a tree which is lighter than...