Adjust Your Color Thermostat!
As artists gain experience in watercolor painting, they become aware that different colors have more or less “warmth” or “coolness.” Colors on the color wheel…
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Painting Skin Tones.
There are so many variations in skin tone that it seems overly simple to choose only certain specific pigments for painting skin. In other words,…
Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter Palettes.
Nature’s colors can vary considerably depending on the time of day, the weather conditions, and the season. The effects of the time of day and…
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Add People To Your Painting.
DON’T BE AFRAID TO ADD PEOPLE TO YOUR PAINTINGS As a beginner watercolor painter, you probably avoid painting human figures at all costs. After all,…
Formats For Effective Compositions (Volume II)…
Continued from 10/30/18 post “Formats for Effective Compositions (Volume I). Use the STEELYARD (also called the SEESAW or BIG & SMALL) format when you have…
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Formats For Effective Compositions (Volume I)…
Before artists pick up their paintbrushes, they must create a composition (an arrangement or an organization) in two dimensions for their painting. To do so,…
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