Avoid Painting Lollipop Trees! (Part III.)
Tree color is dependent on several factors. Never depict trees in your paintings as all the same color – a strong, unvaried green – because…
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Avoid Painting Lollipop Trees! (Part II.)
When you practice painting trees, begin by studying the bare outlines of winter trees (deciduous), because you can better see their whole structure and their…
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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…
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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Lee Muir-Haman Watercolor Painting 