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
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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,
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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
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Negative Painting – An Exercise to Help Make it Positive
Below, I have included an exercise that you can do to help you get
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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
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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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My Painting Secrets Revealed
I am super excited about my new project. I’ll be writing a new series of articles on art techniques, inspiration, creativity and art demos. If this
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Day 10 sunflower 7, day 11 morning glory 2 and meet Charlie
I am posting day 10 and 11 together in hopes of catching
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Ranunculus oil painting – Day 9 of the 30 day daily painting challenge
So I am a day behind this was supposed to be yesterdays painting. I got tied up with life (not literally lol). This daily painting titled “Ranunculus” is my day 9 of the 30-day painting
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Poppies and Lupines oil painting – Day 8 of the 30 day daily painting challenge
“Poppies and Lupines” is my painting for day 8 of the challenge. I am starting the second week off with one that is a bit bigger ( 8×8″ ) I really like the looseness of
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White Trillium oil painting – Day 7 of the 30 day daily painting challenge
Wow hard to believe we are a week into the challenge already. For day 7 I have painted a white Trillium, I love the thick impasto that I have added to this little painting. There is nothing like going for a walk in the woods early spring and having the floor of the...
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Purple and Mauve Iris – Day 6 of the 30 day daily painting challenge
This purple and mauve iris is called the Alcazar Iris, it is my
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