Avoid Painting Lollipop Trees! (Part I.)
Artists new to watercolor find painting trees an endless source of frustration and difficulty. They may have been told to look closely and study their…
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Find Free-To-Use Reference Photographs for Painting…
Before using the following list of online image resources, consider all the dangers and pitfalls of painting from other people’s (or any online) photographs. (See…
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Properly Using A Photograph As A Painting Reference.
Getting outdoors and painting directly from nature can be very enjoyable. You get a feel for your surroundings – colors, smells, temperature, atmosphere, light, and…
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Painting Decisions Along The Way…
In Greek mythology, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, sprang fully formed from Zeus’s brow. Painting, however, doesn’t work that way. Even when a painter has…
Dusk, Evening, and Moonlight… Oh, My!
Paintings set at nighttime might seem very different from the usual watercolor scenes. Dusk, evening, or even dawn pictures have a predominance of dark values. …
Lee Muir-Haman Watercolor Painting 