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. …
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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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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…
Adjust Your Color Thermostat!
As artists gain experience in watercolor painting, they become aware that different colors have more or less “warmth” or “coolness.” Colors on the color wheel…
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,…
Lee Muir-Haman Watercolor Painting 