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 20, 2011 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Handling water, Watercolor basics, Watercolor Demonstrations
Painting the hills with watercolor In this step, figure 5, paint the distant hills, leaving a few untouched areas at the bottom of the closest hill were rocks will be place in the next step. Paint one wash over both hills and let it dry thoroughly. Now paint the...
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...
by Joe | May 9, 2011 | Painting textures, Reflections, Underwash, Venice, Watercolor Demonstrations
I have just posted my latest watercolor painting demonstration. It is a painting of a narrow Venice Canal. I love traveling to Venice and even though I have only been there twice now. The last time for about 12 days, I know I will be going back their again. There is...
by Joe | Feb 21, 2011 | Watercolor workshops
Taking Notes By all means take notes during a workshop, especially if something the tutor says really strikes a chord with you, but don’t do it at the expense of really looking at “how†the tutor is painting. Otherwise you will miss important information which...
by Joe | Feb 21, 2011 | Watercolor workshops
Workshop materials Every now and then you will be sent out a workshop required materials list only to discover when you get there that it is very out of date to what the tutor is currently using. This happens when a tutor has been with the same organization for many...