How to use color thumbnails to change mood
Recently one of my students painted a nice watercolor seascape. Her reference photo was of a coastal scene at Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia. It was of a bright day and her original painting reflected this. However she wanted to change the mood of her painting and was...
Watercolor Landscape Painting Demonstration of Mountain Valley Scene
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...
Earth watercolors and color mixing
Using Earth Watercolors The earth watercolors are already a mix of the three primary colors, however each leans a little towards one primary or secondary color. For instance, Burnt Sienna has a strong orange leaning, Raw Umber has a slight greenish tinge, Raw Sienna...
The watercolor color mixing formula
Color mixing We can create a very simple formula from what was covered in the previous segment on color mixing, that will tell us whether we will end up with a dull (tertiary – three primary colors) or more pure color (secondary – two primary colors) from...
Color mixing formula, how to mix bright versus dull watercolor colors
Color mixing formula All too often students find themselves wondering where a particular color has come from. They set out to create a bright green with a blue and yellow watercolors but they do not quite get the color mixture they were after. Instead of a bright...PAPERBACKS AND EBOOKS
Mastering Watercolors, available from Amazon paperback and eBook.
My second book Watercolors, Step-By-Step, More step by step demonstrations.
