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Clematis Video a Demo in Watercolor

I have been working all week on the article (video) for you. The painting part was faster than the editing of the video. It took

QOR Watercolors vs. DaVinci, M. Graham and Winsor Newton Watercolors

QOR vs. DaVinci First off I just want to say that I love Golden paints,

Glazing with Watercolor a How-to Article and Video

Glazing is painting one color on top of another dry color to change the value or color. I wanted to

Pears on Arches Watercolor Board Demo

This watercolor pears demo was done using Arches watercolor Board and professional grade watercolors. For this demo, I used the following colors

Mixing Greens with Watercolor

I prefer mixing greens but when I first started painting I had every color known to man. Can you say addiction,

How To Paint Believable Shadows

Shadows can be a tricky thing to paint especially if you are painting from photos instead of real life. In order to paint

Negative Painting – An Exercise to Help Make it Positive

Below, I have included an exercise that you can do to help you get

Why You Need to Start Using a Colored Ground on Your Canvas

Standing there staring at the stark white, blank canvas. Is this a familiar scene? It was for me until I started using a colored ground

Free Inspiration for Artists

We all struggle with what to paint next one time or another. My advice is don’t worry about trying to paint what will sell (if you are at that stage). Paint what excites you, paint the

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