Watercolor painting techniques: paint wetness

by Joe | Dec 16, 2012 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Landscape painting, Watercolor painting steps, Watercolor Painting Techniques

A question I often get asked by new watercolor artists who are struggling with their watercolor painting techniques is, “How wet should their watercolor paint mixture be?”Â Another is, “How wet should their watercolor paper be?” Paint wetness...

Plein air painting: Berowra Waters

by Joe | Dec 4, 2012 | Painting water, Plein Air, Recent paintings

Last weekend we had a very pleasant get together with some close friends who live on Berowra Waters, New South Wales. I have visited them many times and always found myself spending a lot of time looking out at the beautiful view from their deck and wanting to paint...

Sunset watercolor painting – Lake Bonney

by Joe | Oct 31, 2012 | Class paintings, Painting skies, Painting Sunsets, Painting Trees, Painting water, Reflections, Wet on Wet

Lake Bonney sunset watercolor painting How to create a sunset watercolor painting was the topic for my Monday watercolor class this week. Â For this work I chose a sunset scene with lots of warm colors and interesting reflections. The reference photo was provided by...

Plein Air Painting with Watercolors and Inks

by Joe | Oct 3, 2012 | Plein Air

My wife (Sue) and I recently spent three weeks travelling through parts of Central Australia. We travelled around the Kimberley region of WesternÂ AustraliaÂ and finished up at Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Most of the time we were on a organized tour. So I...

Watercolor painting with coffee

by Joe | Oct 2, 2012 | Watercolor paint

A few years ago I was on my way to do a watercolor painting demonstration at a Sydney art society when I had a sudden panic attack as I thought I may have left my palette back at my studio. I was too far from home to turn back. I pulled over and checked my materials...

Watercolor Painting Mistakes

by Joe | Jul 26, 2012 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, painting problems

Here are the common watercolor painting Â mistakes a beginner watercolor artist often makes that would cause him, or her, to feel the medium is difficult. I remember when I first started it was all a bit of a challenge, but because I was challenge driven I had no...