A Watercolor Collage of papers, bright bold with ragged torn edges. Undulating shapes that could be hills and foliage layering the landscape in vibrant violet. Watercolor Collage Silly Saturday has not finished yet in my two part Saturday series- Vibrant Violet Watercolors first and this Silly Watercolor Collage tagging along! Silly Saturday is […]
Ways with Watercolor continues with more ideas on altering formats and designs, but this time with previous paintings of trees. Ways With Watercolor – Trees This first painting in near monochromatic palette was a long horizontal originally. It did not work that way. It does better in the square format. Small trees in silhouette, […]
A wonderful thing about watercolors…. you can crop them to create seemingly miraculous recoveries! I posted this Gordonia Watercolor painting some time ago, in its original format. But it has niggled at me. Annoyingly so. Liking the freedom of the white flower, the blue and golden orange combo I was reluctant to ditch […]
Watercolor, perfect for gentle laid back relaxing. Whether its shrouded marshland, or peach tinted skies these paintings are wonderfully contemplative.
Watercolors can be simplified into 3 basic edges soft, medium and sharp. And the tricky edge… is of course the in between one. Come on and I’ll explain a few fast beginner pointers that will help! Watercolor – Soft edges, Medium edges, Hard edges Why should we care about watercolor edges? What is the relevance? […]
I love a Good watercolor brush! It dances along and is in complete harmony with your arm, shoulder and mind. Perfect relaxing unity. Thats how its meant to be! I’ll share a few of my top brushes and explain why and how they work for me. We all will have our own favorites, of course […]
Wednesday Watercolors. Today I’m using brushes, pens with Inks, palette knife, acrylics and watercolors. And working in two very different painting styles – one using a botanical style and the other, a loose free flowing abstraction of the flower forms. My silly Strelitzias on Saturday inspired a few photographs and doodles, and my efforts today […]
A simple, free household utensil may help watercolor beginners achieve lovely fine detailing of trees and branches. The humble skewer. Besides my hands and fingers, the skewer is one of the most useful painting tools I’ve found! Watercolor Techniques: Trees in the Landscapes Painting trees and landscapes in watercolors can be done in […]
Questions. There are no silly questions. If you’re a watercolor beginner, how will you find out unless you ask?! Even if you paint in oils or acrylics…. this post may be relevant. So don’t move on just yet! Best 5 Art Tips I Can Suggest As a creative arts teacher, I’m primarily focused […]
Lovely cool lavenders merge with turquoise blue on a sculptured, impasto textured Hot Press paper. The whole process, from start to finish was a experimental technique that was super fun! Great for Textures. Fast, fun and playful watercolor technique. Easy. Here’s how I did it. I had some small pieces of watercolor […]