How to Create the Illusion of Depth in Art There is nothing more satisfying than finishing a painting and feeling like it communicates everything you wished it would. Sure there is always room for improvement – but that feeling of accomplishment is unlike any other. Similar to any activity time, practice and especially ALOT of planning goes into a finished…
Art Block is something I deal with usually in the winter and the summer. Yeah – mine are seasonal. I know it’s weird. But there are good reasons for why I usually get Art Block – or what I like to call creative blues – around these times. But before I get into the 3 reasons why I usually get…
If you’ve clicked on the post – chances are at least once in your life you’ve experienced that gut wrenching gnawing at your stomach while staring at the white of a fresh new page. WHAT DO YOU PAINT IN THE FIRST PLACE? WHAT IF IT DOESN’T TURN OUT RIGHT? And the list goes on and on… I HAVE THE SAME…
Watch my video first as it will show you step by step how to paint whales with watercolor in much more detail. That said I’ve broken things down below as well. Free Tutorial: Learn How to Paint Whales With Watercolor YOUR APPROACH The first thing I want to say – before I even get into this tutorial – is you…
Today we are going to be looking at watercolor paint with a bit more of a focused view and discussing one important aspect you absolutely have to know when using it. So let’s jump into this shall we … LET’S REVIEW Last time we looked at some exercises to help improve your skills at watercolor – I’ll link that…
Since this coming week was my birthday, I decided to purchase my very own porcelain watercolor palette. Now I’m going to show you all the ins and out of how I go about watercolor palette set up with my very first porcelain watercolor palette! YEAH! Hope your ready to get into this – cause I am… STEP ONE: CLEAN…
TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DAY I DECIDED TO FAIL… Yep, you heard me right, I’m going to purposefully set myself up for failure today… Well, I guess let’s go ahead and get started… In today’s post – I will be setting up 5 criteria that are usually associated with failure. These include… WRONG PAPER – I will…
THE MOST COMMON MISTAKE… Probably the most common (yet easily fixed) mistake beginner’s make with watercolor is using the wrong paper. I mean paper is paper right? Well, if you think that – then you’re sadly wrong and your painting will suffer. Not to mention your level of frustrations will soar. I find this thought process slightly humorous.…
WHERE HAVE I BEEN… I’m sure you’ve noticed it’s been a while since I last spoke to you. After my last video in July – I knew I needed to take a bit of a break from the online realm and just work on the tasks before me as well as myself. At the time, I thought just a short…
IT’S FINALLY HERE… For years I’ve been dreaming on setting up my own online school for art and finally it’s here! And to celebrate, I’m offering a $10 DISCOUNT to my first course HOW TO PAINT WATERCOLOR POPPIES. CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE COURSE!!!! Learn to Paint Watercolor Poppies was last modified: February 28th, 2018…
