Category: Step by Step

Simple Layering

Liven up a basic building scene by adding Cadmium Yellow over the areas you want to highlight and Ultramarine Blue in the areas you want to recede Then start to add your browns in increasingly darker values. Allow …

Painting Faces

To paint a pale skin tone use a thin amount of Cadmium Yellow and Alizarin Red (mixed together) and a good bit of water. With those two paints you can create a neutral peach, light yellow or tan …

Shorts

Basic Deciduous Tree Tutorial by

Faces Series

Working with Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna to get beautiful rich skin tones. by

How to Paint Faces

Did you ever wonder how to mix colors to create different face tones? I’m practicing and sharpening my own skills, recording as I go. I hope my notes encourage and help you in your own paintings. by

Demo before you Do!!

Video editing – also test demo before large projects

Set Back and Learning

I’m new to You Tube publishing, creating and time lapse. I used the free video editor, thought I had it all in order and then got hit with a copyright claim on the video editors song simply because …

Tree tutorial for all ages

This is a little tree watercolor lesson my high school art teacher taught me. It was a lot of fun then and I’d like to share it with you. The method works for all paint types. As I …

How to use a cat’s tongue brush

I recently created a short demo on the cat’s tongue brush with watercolor. I hope you enjoy! by

Back at it

Is this a hobby worth keeping?