Watercolor Painting Tips Blog

Nov 7, Backyard Waterfall2

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:37:31 GMT

I am a beginner and appreciate any helpful hints and critique. I painted this waterfall from a few photos in magazines and online. thank you,

Nov 7, Malawian Mother.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:35:50 GMT

Painted on Arches cold press with a lot of opera rose. I even painted a wash of opera rose under the dark skin to help it to glow. Also I always mix

Nov 4, Coffee Filters

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:54:29 GMT

Coffee Filters can also create interesting techniques. If you tear them, paint around the edges, and then wait a few minutes for them to dry you get

Nov 4, Dry Brush videos?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:54:03 GMT

Hi from a fellow SBIer. I love your site! However, something you might not be aware of: The dry brush video tells us to use the arrows to see other

Nov 4, A portrait of my Boss

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:53:33 GMT

First steps in watercolor making. But hope not so bad

Nov 4, African Violets

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:52:39 GMT

This is an 8 x 10 watercolor of the plant on my coffee table. It was hit and miss as I struggled with wet in wet. Most of the petals were painted

Nov 4, Boss

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:52:19 GMT

I just begin watercolours painting - I tried different technics with a bigger or smaller succeses, but in watercolours i always failed. At least i

Nov 4, John LI

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:52:03 GMT

I used to share my feelings and ideas about life. I put a lot of sunshine and shadows which formed a great contract in my works. And my watercolors

Nov 4, The Grape

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:51:42 GMT

My second project in a private paint class. Our teacher says paint something you love to look at and I love to look at the still life's I have at home

Oct 11, A girl

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:52:19 GMT

I made this watercolor this afternoon;I use schmincke and Blocx pan watercolor; I only paint since three weeks ago but I enjoy it very much ; I know I

Oct 11, Malawian boys

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:50:32 GMT

I paint for Malawi and all the proceeds goes to Manyowe Village one of the poorest villages in the world. Malawi has a fresh water long inland lake

Oct 11, Burgundy lilies

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:49:46 GMT

I can see my watercolors evolving as I get closer to what I want. Any critique would be

Oct 1, NEW LIFE

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:58:19 GMT

THIS ABSTRACT WAS PAINTED WITH TRANSPARENT WATECOLOURS AND TURQUOISE AND THIS IS WHY I NEVER HAVE LONG BEAUTIFUL NAILS WHILE THE PAINT WAS WET I

Oct 1, Masking Fluid

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:57:07 GMT

I would love it if you did a lesson on masking fluid and how and where to use

Oct 1, Dave and Gwen on the beach

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:56:24 GMT

This painting was started on location a beach on the Sunshine coast Queensland. With my kids playing. Artist owned. I started with lemon yellow

Sep 25, Irises revisited

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:04:09 GMT

Keeping Mary Ann's suggestions in mind, I did a little more shading on this painting. I am pleased with the results because the darker colors make a

Sep 25, Irises revisited

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:04:05 GMT

Keeping Mary Ann's suggestions in mind, I did a little more shading on this painting. I am pleased with the results because the darker colors make a

Sep 25, The Potting Shed

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:03:48 GMT

This 8 x 10 watercolor was painted as the cover for our next book Postcards From The Garden which will be published next Summer. I had to leave an

Sep 20, How to do a on-line critique for my water color?

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:52:38 GMT

Dear Mary, I am a beginner of water color fan. Right now, I am getting frustrated because I couldn't do a good job of washing the layer of color,

Sep 20, Charleston Fixer-Upper by Stan

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:52:02 GMT

I retired about 3 years ago. Took a couple of watercolor courses and have been painting for about 2 years, off and on. This is from a photo I took

Sep 16, TOMATOES & EGGPLANTS

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:38:26 GMT

Dear My Artist Friends, One evening , I couldn't think out which subject I have to draw and finally I saw these things from the kitchen when I drunk

Sep 14, Spring Irises by Lynne

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:21:50 GMT

I painted this from a photograph I took last Spring. I kept Mary Ann's suggestions in mind and I am much happier with the result.

Sep 9, Day lily by Lynne

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:53:43 GMT

This is my first attempt at painting flowers. I used Mary Ann's video technique for the background but it might be too light for this flower. How do

Sep 1, Swirls and Curls

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:16:57 GMT

I painted this several years ago. It is done with ink and watercolor. I drew the shapes in ink and colored them in with watercolor. I love the

Aug 14, House in the fall by Ginny

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:15:54 GMT

This is my 7th. watercolor painting and mostly I paint with oils, but I did like the watercolor paints and will do

Aug 11, TWO PAGODAS FROM A VILLAGE

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:17:00 GMT

Dear All, I've used wet on wet method on the sky and cloud and the left are used dry technique . I've practiced and drawn from a religious journal's

Aug 9, Trees by Amby

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:25:08 GMT

Using the technique of painting fast and loose and employing the negative

Aug 9, More about painting birds in watercolor

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:25:12 GMT

I would like to learn more about painting birds into my paintings, either in flight or in a tree. Just can not seem to get the right touch. Thank

Aug 9, Common Watercolor Techniques You Need to Know

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:02:36 GMT

This entire site is about watercolor techniques. But here, you will find a growing list of step by step techniques I use to create my watercolor paintings.

Aug 9, Glazing With Watercolor by Mary Ann Boysen

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:02:14 GMT

So many beginning artists are afraid to put color on the paper. We all want to jump right in and paint a subject before we think about what is going on around it. We don’t think of colors as they can impact the final subject, so we just pick up a pencil, draw the subject, then paint in the details. This creates a problem because once the subject is painted, we have to worry about what should go in the background.

Aug 9, Struggling With Watercolor - We've All Done It

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:47:51 GMT

Several years ago I took a trip to Venice. It turned out to be a very stressful trip, and possibly this is why I struggled with this painting.

Aug 8, Big Sister by Bernice

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:17:01 GMT

I painted these precious babies a few years ago from a photo. The painting was done on 140lb watercolor paper. Sometimes I have problems with darker

Aug 4, Beach Kids by Bernice Kendrick

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:47:01 GMT

I would appreciate any comments to help improve my skills, this painting was done using very little water...I have not tried any of the creative

Aug 4, Faith by Melanie

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:45:27 GMT

I did this for a friend in 30mins, the mood moved me to

Jul 28, Eclipse by Melanie

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:34:19 GMT

wet on wet ,splatter and moving the canvas to let the colors

Jul 28, Love Song

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:33:31 GMT

I Used wet on wet to create this

Jul 25, Playing with Bottels by Debbie Bezuidenhout

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:37:34 GMT

1. I use ink and salt for a start. 2. It was left to dry thoroughly and brush off the salt. 3. I usually paint flowers and still lifes. 4. I use the

Jul 25, Poppy 4 by Debbie Bezuidenhout

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:37:10 GMT

1. I start with ink and salt. 2.Let it dry thoroughly and brush off the salt 3. I like to paint flowers and still lifes. I use the best quality paints

Jul 25, Poppy 2 by Debbie Bezuidenhout

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:36:41 GMT

I entered two of my watercolor paintings and and forgot to mention work in the negative with my subjects. I use salt and ink to start. Dry the paper

Jul 20, glazing

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:12:21 GMT

I would love to learn about glazing. I paint mostly in watercolour and at times would like to recolour the whole painting to give a sunlit or cloudy

Jul 20, ABANDONED COTTAGE

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:11:15 GMT

I started out with a light scetch of a cottage and decided to put it on the bank of a lake and make it look abandonded. I just layered color over

Jul 20, WAITING FOR THE GREAT SPIRIT

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:10:56 GMT

The scenery is reflective of Colorado-a photo from my brother. I decided to put a lone buffalo at the end of his life waiting for the Great Spirit to

Jul 20, GAURDIAN OF THE FLOCK

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:10:20 GMT

This is from a photograph of my Great Pyrenese. They were bred to shephard sheep and protect them from wolves, so they were actually raised with the

Jul 20, Huntspoint

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:09:35 GMT

I have always loved the east coast and the small fishing communities, I wanted to capture the feel of the water and the shore and to let the viewers

Jul 20, Into the Mist

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:09:16 GMT

I painted a wet in wet sky and a more structured foreground capturing the mood I was after.

Jul 20, TROPICAL BIRDS

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:08:51 GMT

I got the idea for this painting from an add a long time ago. So I cut masking tape into long pieces and pasted them on 140lb Arches cold press, and

Jul 11, Watercolor Paper

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:36:13 GMT

Learn about the differences between watercolor paper. I will also introduce you to alternative media such as watecolor canvas and clayboard

Jul 11, How to Prepare Watercolor Paper

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:35:43 GMT

Learn how to prepare watercolor paper from someone who is been doing it for 40 years. Avoid the mistakes and learn the tricks of a watercolor veteran

Jul 11, WET STREET

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:08:09 GMT

I find that if more than three glazes are applied then the painting is in danger of becoming too dark and muddy. I tend to let each glaze dry before

Jul 11, cat

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:06:11 GMT

This is painting of a cat which is lived in our room,When i sketch her she posed beautifully. I sketched her with a black gel pen . Actualy i