Watercolor demonstration Waves, Sand, and Reflections – Part one

by Joe | Jul 3, 2021 | Live demonstrations, Painting figures, Painting water, Reflections, Uncategorized, Watercolor Demonstrations

Watercolor painting by Joe Cartwright. Having fun with mum on the beach. It has been a little over a year since I started teaching watercolour painting online. The move, which replaced my face-to-face classes, was forced upon me because of Covid but has turned out to...

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...

Tea Gardens sunrise watercolor painting

by Joe | Nov 23, 2012 | Class paintings, Painting water, Reflections

This is a class demonstration watercolor painting titled “Tea Gardens Sunrise over the Myall river, New South Wales”. I was attracted to this scene by the light reflected on the water of the Myall River at Tea Gardens in New South Wales. Watercolor is a...

Pen and wash flower demonstration

by Joe | Nov 18, 2012 | Painting water, Pen Ink and Wash, Reflections, Rocks, Watercolor Demonstrations

I have just posted, on my PenAndInkTechniques website, a demonstration of pen and wash drawing / painting of Pink Magnolias. The pen, ink and watercolor wash demonstration starts with the selection of a suitable reference photo. In this case the photo is of Â my...

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...

How to paint a river landscape with watercolor

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...