The challenges of the Duck Watercolor tutorial for me was trying to paint something to appear white without using white paint, and forgetting to trace the outline lightly. The Subscription Box Each month a box arrives from Let’s Make Art...
The Carrots Watercolor tutorial I followed used the wet on wet technique and outlining with a micron pen. The carrots are painted freehanded. The Subscription Box This is one of the 4 watercolor tutorials that came in April’s monthly subscription...
This Lighthouse Watercolor tutorial I followed uses a sea sponge to create the water, sky and slope effects. First I started with outlining the lighthouse landscape. The outline can be downloaded for free here: Lighthouse Outline. I also decided to...
You would think someone like me who lives near the ocean would have tried painting seashells before now! But this was my first attempt. I finished painting a hummingbird and I loved the colors left on the palette. So instead...
I can’t believe it’s been 2 months since I’ve painted anything! But today I was reminded how much joy it brings me with this watercolor of a little hummingbird and blooms. I had thought about painting more leaves around the...
My watercolor of a howling wolf painted with a night sky of colors. I had difficulty blending around his face and eventually I forced myself to stop messing with it. I learned to do this by rinsing the remaining paint...
This was my first attempt at painting something with only one color and I really love how it turned out. I admit, I wasn’t able to achieve the rough texture effect, so the bark looks a little too smooth. But...
Taping off the background to create a diamond shape adds another interesting element to this Night Sky Watercolor. Every step of this watercolor was fun and satisfying to paint. I’m learning I enjoy painting foreground subjects black with colorful backgrounds....
