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...

Watercolors Step By Step

by Joe | Nov 30, 2017 | Watercolor books, Watercolor Demonstrations

Thanks to overwhelmingly positive responses to the demonstrations in my first book Mastering Watercolors – a practical guide, I’ve created this new book as a collection of additional how-to demos. Here youâ€™ll find twelve step-by-step paintings with...

Simple watercolor painting using candle wax

by Joe | Mar 24, 2015 | Watercolor Demonstrations

Candle wax can be used to protect the highlights or white passages in your watercolor painting. I have used it to create the impression of waterfalls, white foam on the sea, and to save highlights on rocks. This simple watercolor painting using candle wax was done...

Watercolor painting demonstration – Pughs Lagoon

by Joe | Feb 2, 2015 | Watercolor Demonstrations

The subject of this scene is really the early morning light on the grassed hillside. Pughs Lagoon is about 30 minutes from my home and a popular site for local artists. This painting was done en plein air and, as I was quite happy with the result, I thought I would go...

Wet street painting with reflections

by Joe | Feb 5, 2014 | Class paintings, Watercolor Demonstrations

This wet street painting was inspired by a photo I took one morning while I was leaving Bathurst. It had been raining earlier but the rain had stopped and the sun was just breaking through the clouds. I love painting wet weather scenes as it opens up some exciting...

Watercolor painting Chrysanthemums

by Joe | Nov 11, 2013 | Watercolor Demonstrations, Watercolor lessons

Yellow chrysanthemums in red pot Chrysanthemums can present a challenge to watercolor artists. The temptation is to try and paint all the detail. While this is possible it can lead to a tight lifeless painting. While visiting my sister in law recently I did this...