LUMINOSITY AND CREATING GLOWING COLOR.
TRANSPARENCY OCCURS BETWEEN PAINT PARTICLES. Many people say that the way to create a “glow” in watercolor is to paint pale glazes of “luminous,” transparent…
Color! Value, Hue, And Intensity!
Every color has three different components. These qualities are value (lightness or darkness), hue (the color name), and intensity (saturation or brightness). Each brushstroke in…
From Pretty Good To Better Composition!
Only occasionally, as artists, do we discover a perfectly designed composition we’d like to paint. More often, we find an appealing image that needs some…
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. …
Paint Your Shadows Bold… And Transparent !
Light is often the making or breaking of a painting. Some subjects seem uninteresting or lifeless until bright lights and the consequent shadows become parts…
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Lee Muir-Haman Watercolor Painting 