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…
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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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Realism: Better Than An Exact Copy!
Realistic painting often gets a bad rap nowadays. The implication seems to be that abstract painting is creative, raw, cool, and trendy; that realistic painting…
How Does A Painting Progress?
The first step in a watercolor painting is usually choosing an image to paint. Sometimes I am excited about a subject or intrigued with the…
Lee Muir-Haman Watercolor Painting 