Those Troublesome Greens!
Green is one of those colors, along with gray and brown, that create problems for painters, which may be one reason that beginners seek out…
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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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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,…
Why Did I Change My Palette Colors?
For many years, I used the colors and brands of watercolor paint that my instructors used. (Interestingly, each instructor had different preferences.) There were so…
Lee Muir-Haman Watercolor Painting 