by Joe | Feb 13, 2012 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Equipment, Watercolor basics, Watercolor Brushes
Caring for your watercolor brushes I am often giving my students advice about what to do and not to do with their watercolor brushes so I thought I would see if I could create a list of 10 things which will damage a watercolor (watercolour)brush. It took a bit of...
by Joe | Feb 9, 2012 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Masking, Watercolor materials, Watercolor Painting Techniques
Using art masking fluid with watercolor What is art masking fluid and how is it used? Masking fluid is liquid latex, which is a natural rubber, though there are synthetic versions of it as well. As a watercolor artist it allows you to protect parts of your painting....
by Joe | Jan 30, 2012 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting
Size of watercolor paintings So what is the difference between simple watercolor paintings and difficult ones? The biggest difference is often the size of your painting. The smaller the painting the easier it is to paint with watercolors. The reason for this is...
by Joe | Jan 23, 2012 | Color Mixing, Watercolor Demonstrations
Latest watercolor landscape demonstration I have just posted my latest landscape demonstration. This watercolor (watercolour) painting is of the view from Mt Tamborine in Queensland, Australia. The demo teaches how to handle green in the landscape as well as creating...
by Joe | Jan 14, 2012 | Watercolor Demonstrations
I have recently added my latest watercolor painting demonstration under the demonstrations section of this website. The topic is how to paint a dramatic sunset, set in Venice, Italy. If you would like to have a look at the demonstration you can click on this link:...