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 | Dec 6, 2011 | Brushes, Landscape painting, Painting Trees, Painting water, Reflections, Rocks, Watercolor Demonstrations
Grose river watercolor landscape I have just finished posting my latest watercolor (watercolour) landscape demonstration. It is of the Grose River which runs through the Blue Mountains on the edge of Sydney, Australia. This location is very close to my home. The...
by Joe | Nov 16, 2011 | Color Mixing, Tips
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...
by Joe | Nov 16, 2011 | Color Mixing, Tips
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...