About Terry My art is about life. It expresses what I feel about people, places, and experiences around me. In order to create a painting, I need to feel a connection with a subject and see what that subject means to me. I need to see and feel every detail of it. When I immerse […]
Watercolor Painting Demonstration – Simple & Confident Brushstrokes
Here are two wonderful watercolor painting videos from artist Vinita Pappas. The purpose of these watercolor lessons is to teach you how to paint using simple, loose and confident brushstrokes. Vinita stresses the importance of practicing your brush strokes. Strong confident brush strokes will create strong confident paintings. Its as simple as that! Confident and […]
Soft Focus Watercolor Painting Technique
Here is a very interesting Watercolor Painting Technique video by artist Elizabeth Fluehr. This is a technique that you don’t see often and a somewhat unconventional usage of the Watercolor painting medium. Most of the water that she uses with this technique is for the purpose of wetting the paper and not added to the […]
The Looser You Get, The More Real It Seems: Watercolor Demonstration
About Debi Watson I showed talent with my drawing from an early age, but my parents discouraged me in the hope ‘that I would pursue something more productive’. I spent much of my adult life working as a operating room nurse, but couldn’t abandon my love for painting. Working long hours and raising two children […]
Painting Demonstration in Watercolor and Gouache
About Doug Doug Purdon was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is a full-time painter, teacher and writer. He is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and Ontario Society of Artists. He currently lives in Toronto with his wife, the writer Rosemary Aubert. He […]
Watercolor Lesson – Learn How to Paint a Bluebird From a Photo
About Karen I am a self taught artist who loves to paint, and, if you can learn from loving it, that’s what I did. I am now living in Northeast Oklahoma, but I was brought up in Northern Wisconsin. My favorite things to paint are snow scenes and trees. I really like to see a […]
How to Paint Trees in Watercolor
Learn how to paint trees in watercolor with these free video lessons. These quick exercises from world renowned architectural illustrator and fine art watercolorist Frank M. Costantino demonstrate different watercolor techniques for painting trees. Learn more about Frank and his seminars at www.fmcostantino.com Many beginner watercolor artists have a great deal of trouble with painting […]
Watercolor and Pastel Painting Demonstration – Let’s Paint Winter Woods!
About Christine Kane Christine Kane is a pastel and watercolor artist who is inspired by the Midwest landscape and it’s seasons. To find new ideas for her paintings, she hikes in the forest preserves during all seasons. Christine began drawing at an early age. She focused her education on art and has a degree in […]
Watercolour Drybrush Technique by Ottorino de Lucchi
About Ottorino OTTORINO DE LUCCHI, born in Ferrara, works in Folgaria (Trento). In recent years, he has developed a painting technique based on watercolor drybrush which allows to mantain the brightness of the watercolor. To learn more about Ottorino and to see more of his work, please visit his website by following the link below: […]
Watercolor Limited Palette Lesson – How To Paint With 4 Pigments
About Cyrille Once upon a time … August 96, weary of the ordinary pleasures of the seaside, I left my wife and children playing on the beach and went to write a few letters to our friends in France. My children’s felt pens were lying on the table, so I used them to sketch a […]