by Joe | Mar 7, 2013 | Class paintings, Shadows and reflections, Watercolor painting steps
This watercolor painting of a shed with strong morning shadows was a painting I had my students do recently. The reason I selected this for the class painting was because it gave my students a chance to practice how to capture the early morning light and the shadows...
by Joe | Feb 20, 2013 | Equipment, Plein Air
From time to time I wondered about the weight and functionality of my plein air painting easel. It took too long to set up and was heavy. This got me thinking about just what is important in an outdoor watercolor easel and how I could reduce the weight so that...
by Joe | Feb 20, 2013 | Equipment, Plein Air
You can see a photo of my light weight plein air easel below. The whole thing, excluding my plastic palette weighs only 1.146KG (2.527 lb) which is less than a third of the weight of my original setup. The old metal palette weighed 495gm when filled with watercolor...
by Joe | Jan 30, 2013 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Stress management
So now we have talked about how stress can be detrimental to your watercolor painting progress We will look at some additional techniques that can help you reduce this stress (stress management) Â so you can observe better and hence move your watercolor artwork along....
by Joe | Jan 30, 2013 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Stress management
New artists often find watercolor painting extremely stressful. Considering many people take up art to reduce stress this is not a good thing. The main problem with stress and watercolor painting is that when you are in a state of stress you stop observing. Yet...