Shadow Shape Portrait
The most important thing to making a successful portrait is identifying the shadow shapes. Instead of identifying the eyes, nose and...
Iris with a Juicy Background
It is Iris season! To celebrate, this week's video is a fast way to make the flower and then make it pop off the page with a juicy...
Lilac Composition
This is a new idea: design the negative space - the space around the positive shape of the vase and lilac bouquet. By taking the...
Bring May Flowers!
Painterly. The term means juicy, loose, brush strokes showing with drips and splashes. We are taking a nod from Charles Reid who wrote...
Colorful Sky
Get several sheets of watercolor paper ready to do this piece. Each try will be different because of how the colors mix, what colors you...
Clouds of Color
An hour before sunset and after sunrise is called the golden hour. Colors intensify, shadows elongate, and the world becomes more...
Sunrise Service
Another cloud filled sky to practice this week. After I finished the video, the title came to me. Sunrise service. Is it public...
Clouds
Clouds mesmerize us. How would you possibly paint them? Watercolor is the perfect medium to use for clouds. As we approach plein air...
April Showers
Yes, I know it is still March, but the weather feels like April. April showers. Watercolor is the perfect medium to paint rain. Let's...
Economy of Line
I was given a portfolio of prints by Craig Sheppard (1913-1978) this week. I loved the lines. Confident line with a variety of thick...