Technique
This week I am sharing the process of my latest video. It is one of the favorite paintings I’ve done recently. Many people want to paint loose and there are many suggestions on how to paint loose. But to me, the key to a good loose painting is the understanding of visual language. Without a solid visual language, painting fast and carelessly will likely result in a messy painting.
Read MoreThere are so many blogs and videos on color mixing. I honestly don’t know if I can give you more than what’s already out there. And yet, I got questions about color constantly. “What colors did you use?”, “which colors go well together?”, “why is my color dirty?” So let me see if I can help you with that today.
Read MoreThis week, I am going to share with you what I learned from Andy Evansen's workshop. Making a value study and use it as a vision for my painting. Be sure to CLICK HERE to watch the whole video!
Read MoreThis week’s video I'm going to show you a method to make it easy for you to turn your drawing into a successful watercolor painting!
A solid drawing is crucial for painting. This is why I dedicated an entire section for fundamental drawing in my online course because this is one of the most common issues I see in my students’ work. So today, I’m going to spend extra time making the drawing, paint on top of it with glazing, and painting out of it. This is a very good exercise especially if you are new to watercolor. Because this method will make your painting much easier. Since we let the drawing do most of the heavy lifting, we have fewer things to worry about when we are painting.
The Drawing
The finished painting
