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Watercolor Still Life Paintings from the Kitchen

How Unremarkable White Tiles in a Kitchen Spawned a Watercolor Painting Series A couple of decades ago, I walked into the kitchen of a house

Painting a Cactus in Watercolor

Watercolor Painting of Cacti I went scouting for painting references at the Los Angeles Arboretum awhile ago. Local outdoor gardens are a good place to bring

Watercolor Painting Over Pen and Ink Drawing – with a Tutorial Video

What is a Still Life? A still life (plural still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which

Drypoint Etching from Plexiglass with Watercolor

Drypoint Etching from Plexiglass Here’s a frivolous little twirl from the studio; the drypoint etching in this post started with a sketchbook doodle (above) during

a watercolor painting of flowers - yellow roses in a blue vase

Floral Watercolor Painting – Finding Inspiration in Small Still Life Arrangements

Prepping to Paint Still Life in Watercolor This post has a series of tips and resource links to help you with preparations and planning on

landscape monotype-print-with-watercolor

Monotype Print from Drafting Film with Water Soluble Crayons and Watercolors

Make a Monotype Print with Water Soluble Crayons from a Sheet of Drafting Film You can use water soluble crayons and watercolors on a sheet

a color woodcut portrait of a woman's face among lily pads

Woodcut Portrait – Manga Style – Hand Painted with Watercolors

Carving a Stylized Manga-Inspired Woodcut Portrait Have you ever made a woodcut? It’s the same process as carving and printing a linocut, except it’s carved

watercolor sketchbook practice with coastal cliff landscape scenes

Watercolor Landscape Studies in a Sketchbook

Watercolor Landscape Studies in a Sketchbook I’m testing another watercolor sketchbook with a series of small watercolor landscape studies featuring coastal scenes. I used a

watercolor and colored pencil on an etchr lab sketchbook of a woman walking through flowers

Etchr Watercolor Sketchbook Figure Study

Coursing the Heliconi My friend Sarah recommended trying an Etchr Watercolor Sketchbook, so I bought this one to test the paper. Using the grid method,

figurative painting in watercolor of a girl in a chair reaching up to pet a cat

Watercolor Painting in a Sketchbook

Watercolor Sketchbook Practice Watercolor artists I’ve admired over the years write often about the importance of a sketchbook practice. Even so, I could never seem

Watercolor Painting Sketchbook – Study of African Violets

Watercolor Painting Sketchbook Studies Watercolor painting sketchbook studies of African violets became my meditation last week. I snapped a photo of a pink African violet

still life watercolor painting os a chopping block with freshly washed granny smith green apples, a knife, and a wedge of laughing cow cheese near a cup of coffee

Find Ideas for Watercolors with Your Phone’s Camera

Where to Find Ideas for Watercolors Artists are in a hard crush to render our world in pigments, graphite, charcoal, etc. These days, we’re limited to finding inspiration

a linocut print painted with watercolor showing a swing band under a canopy

Paint Linocuts with Watercolor – and a few more Linocut Posts

Hand Color Linocuts If you print your linocuts and woodcuts with inks that won’t re-wet, you can have a lot of fun hand coloring your

a still life watercolor of a kitchen cabinet in the sun featuring glasses, bowls and goblets

Watercolor Paintings of your Kitchen

Creating Watercolor Paintings of Your Own Kitchen Have you observed your kitchen as inspiration to paint a watercolor? Whether the room is dark or well-lit,

a tiny portrait in watercolor of a girl's face, with chin length black hair, looking off to the distance over our shoulder

30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge, and Reaching for Quiet with Art

Creative Focus in Strange Times My husband asks me how I’m doing. My reply: ‘I feel like I weigh a thousand pounds.’ It’s a declaration

Art Studio Planning – and a Watercolor Portrait

Summertime Art Studio Planning Over the past 67 days (yikes!) of quarantine, the macadamia nut tree outside my studio window has erupted in fronds of

Using Watercolor and Charcoal Together

Exploring Watercolor and Charcoal Together I was sorting scanned image files in my archives, and I forgot about this watercolor and charcoal painting of an

a still life in watercolor of roses in a bud vase and a bowl of plums on a windowsill reflected in kitchen counter tiles

Still Life in Watercolor- 5 Painters on Instagram

5 Instagram Artists Painting Still Life in Watercolor While we’re hunkering down and staying home, it’s nice to peruse some beautiful still life in watercolor.

a watercolor painting of tiny daisies in a brass vase in the sunshine

Painting Flowers in Watercolor – and a free download

Painting Flowers in Watercolor as a Meditation I’m painting flowers in watercolor as a meditation this week. With my cell phone, I snapped a photo

portrait of a little kid, head down, staring out from under her eyebrows with determination, in watercolor in a Moleskine notebook

Can You Use Watercolors on Moleskine Notebooks?

Painting with Watercolors in a Sketchbook You can paint with watercolor and get good results when your Moleskine notebook is made with watercolor paper. If

Receiving Line 6.25 x 10.75 Watercolor and Colored Pencil Illustration

Watercolor and Colored Pencils – Mixing Your Media

Colored Pencil Curious Thanks for your emails on the last post (read that post about watercolor and colored pencils here). I’m glad the links to

Watercolor and Colored Pencil Illustration – Twirling Sangria

Watercolor and Colored Pencil Illustration Art Supplies The paper used on this art is Borden & Riley #120P Bristol Plate held with Frog masking tape

Monotype Transfer Drawing Painted with Watercolor – Pendulum Dream

Petite Monotype Transfer Drawings While making a video course, new artwork is created to demonstrate the process so you can see all the steps. This

Watercolor Portrait with Colored Pencil – Paeonia

Small Watercolor Portrait Here’s a little watercolor portrait with colored pencil from a photo my cousin was kind enough to let me sketch from (Paeonia

a dark field monotype ghost print with watercolor added, featuring two roses in a bud vase

Adding Watercolor to Monotype Ghost Prints

Adding Watercolor to Monotype Ghost Prints In this monotype group on facebook, there was discussion about what to do with very faint monotype ghost prints.

Watercolor of a young woman sleeping in a black camisole on yellow sheets

5 Watercolor Techniques to Try as a Beginner

Watercolor Techniques for Beginners, or Returning Artists After a Long Hiatus Welcome Back Here are 5 watercolor techniques to try if you’re a beginner painter.

a greyhound lounging asleep on a big arm chair

Gift Ideas for Watercolor Artists

What Gifts do Watercolor Artists Wish For? How do you know what to gift to a watercolor artist? Do beginner painters prefer different art supplies

Watercolor Portraits of Pets

First, an Introduction to Jack Before we dive into painting watercolor portraits of pets, let me introduce you to our model, Jack. He chews flowers.

5 Great Tools for Beginner Watercolor Artists, and Some Tips

Tools for Beginner Watercolor Artists Beginner watercolor artists need encouragement, tips and effective tools to stay with this lovely medium. Have you ever heard someone

9 Things to Quit for Your Art – and a Light Field Monotype with Watercolor

Procrastination Steals Art-Time Here is a list of share worthy articles to help set your upcoming art plans into action, written boldly, and then pinned