Watercolor Painting Travel Kit
Traveling with Watercolors Have you assembled a watercolor painting travel kit to take with you, outside your usual painting space? Here are some tips to
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Still Life Watercolors – Painting Larger Using a Grid Drawing System
Still Life Watercolor Ideas, and the Grid System Several times a year, I set up still life vignettes to photograph and use as reference material
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Monotype Printing without a Press
How to Print a Monotype without a Press Monotype printmaking is the “painterly print” option. This printmaking process is accessible to everyone, and it doesn’t
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Monotype Print Still Life Art – adding Colored Pencil to your Print
Monotype Print Still Life – adding Colored Pencil to your Art I spent a foggy afternoon transferring printmaking inks from leaky containers to new ones,
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Make an Intaglio Drypoint Print from Recycled Paper Cartons
Making an Intaglio Drypoint Print from Recycled Paper Cartons While walking a freshly emptied carton of frozen Mango & Cream bars to the recycling bin,
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Watercolor Painting Still Life Art – Paint Your Own Things
Watercolor Still Life Painting Subjects from Your Own Things Pretend you’ve been given a watercolor painting assignment to paint two small still life arrangements. For
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Make a Watercolor Monotype from Cardboard, Cotton Swabs and Aluminum Foil
Make a Monotype from Things Around the House This was a quick experiment to see if I could pull a monotype print – without a
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Adding Watercolor to Collagraph Prints
Can You add Watercolor to Collagraph Prints? Yes, you can, as long as the ink you used to print your collagraph dries permanent, and the
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Making a Collagraph from Mat Board with Acrylic Gloss Varnish
Acrylic Gloss Varnish Sealer on Mat Board Collagraphs When you make a collagraph plate from mat board (also known as mount board), the front, back,
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Figure Composition in Watercolor
Figure Composition in Watercolor This is a figure study for a watercolor of my friend Aimee. I loved the composition the moment I saw it.
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Make a Collagraph Print from Mat Board – First Swim
Make a Collagraph Print from Mat Board Have you made a collagraph print from mat board, and printed it in the a la toupee method,
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Printmaking Inspiration
Printmakers to Admire I found Toronto artist Margaret Rankin’s work online in 2005. Her subjects demonstrate her sharp eye and sure hands. She is a
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Still Life Painting in Watercolors
Painting a Still Life in Watercolors If you enjoy the accessibility of painting still life in watercolors, but struggle with deciding what to paint, this
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Watercolor Sketching at the Kitchen Counter and Art Links for you
Consider Brevity – Short Painting Sessions After Dinner I’m much obliged this week so this is brief; I have a watercolor sketch, a few great
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How to Get Good Ideas for Art
Where Do Good Art Ideas Come From? Steven Johnson illustrates the sequence leading to the birth of a Good Idea in the video below. He
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