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?” Another is, “How wet should their watercolor paper be?” Paint wetness...
by Joe | Oct 17, 2012 | Landscape painting, Pen Ink and Wash
I recently ran a Pen and Wash workshop at Fay Boyds Fine Art School in Grafton, NSW, during which one of the paintings produced was a landscape of a scene in the Capertee Valley. After the workshop I painted the same scene only this time it was done purely in...
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 | Aug 10, 2011 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Broken Edge, Clouds, Landscape painting
Modified dry brush Instead of horizontal or vertical dry brush strokes you can use a more curved stroke using the body of the brush head, which just lightly touches the watercolor paper. The trick to this technique is to have your brush almost parallel to your...
by Joe | Aug 10, 2011 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Edges, Landscape painting, Painting Boats, Painting water, Reflections, Shadows and reflections, Tips, Watercolor basics, Watercolor Painting Techniques, Wet in Wet, Wet on Wet
Controlled Wet on Wet Technique As the paper dries, during the wet on wet technique, it will arrive at a point where it has lost its shine, now if at this stage you run the point of your brush across this damp section of paper you will see an interesting effect as...