Pressing Needs
In college, I was taught to “stretch” watercolor paper. You would dunk a sheet in the bathtub, then place it on a large board. It would be taped down with brown “postal” tape. Sometimes, you would reenforce this with thumb…
...watercolor, stuff and nonsense
...watercolor, stuff and nonsense
In college, I was taught to “stretch” watercolor paper. You would dunk a sheet in the bathtub, then place it on a large board. It would be taped down with brown “postal” tape. Sometimes, you would reenforce this with thumb…
I was going through recent paintings and found this one. Now, there is a LOT that I like about this but… since I have improved and learned as a painter, this one just looks a bit pale… washed out. Feeble.…
Yes, I have painted another sea shell. I used to paint a lot of trees but that was really just a way to play with color, shadow, composition and mood. So now it is shells. Each time, I think of…
I don’t know why I wanted to paint a starfish. Maybe I just wanted to play more with the wonderful Daniel Smith Transparent Red Oxide that I recently bought. But there I was in the bathtub drinking coffee when I…
Back, once upon a time in college, we were taught how to choose and buy a watercolor brush. It had to be sable. If I remember correctly, it had to be red sable. I think Winsor Newton was a preferred…
I was at at the beach seeking inspiration and saw the surf ebbing around a rock in the sand. I loved the way the foam was pulling away from the rock leaving a little depression. So I thought I might…
Has anyone ever written a tutorial about how not to paint? How to completely fail a painting? Well, why not? I always rough out what I am going to paint first. I draw it out. Imagine the shapes, the colors,…
In the last post, I had this idea to paint a shell worn down to a spiral in the sand. I liked it, but wished I had painted the spiral larger. I was still not getting the image that I…
I had this idea to paint another shell. This time, one eroded in the sand so it was just a spiral. I remembered a shell I had painted before that was silver and orange and wondered if I could use…
I’m writing a blog. So what’s the deal? I am a member and admin on a Facebook group called “Accidental Watercolorist”. Every time I post a painting, I get asked, “How did you do that?” And “Would you do a…