by Joe | Dec 30, 2012 | Clouds, Painting skies, Painting Sunsets, Watercolor Demonstrations, Watercolor painting steps
I have just finished posting my latest watercolor painting demonstration. This one is of Lake Bonney in South Australia. You can view the complete demo at this link: Lake Bonney watecolor painting demonstration. You can see the finished watercolor painting below....
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...
by Joe | Oct 11, 2011 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, painting problems, Painting skies
Stray watercolor droplets in the sky Sometime when you are painting the odd tiny drop of watercolor paint will land on a light area of your painting like the sky. How can you fix this? One way is to very quickly touch it with the tip of a tissue. Don’t press on it...
by Joe | Aug 20, 2011 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Clouds, Painting skies, Painting textures, Watercolor Demonstrations
Painting the sky and clouds After doing the drawing our first watercolor painting step is painting the sky and clouds. Create a very weak mixture of French Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna, about the strength of a weak cup of tea. Then using the side of a round brush...