In today’s video, Mark Mehaffey demonstrates a unique method of painting by using a mouth atomizer to spray small amounts of watercolor onto his paper.
As you’ll see below, he’s carefully put down layers of masking over areas which he wants to remain light. After using the mouth atomizer, he then pulls up the masking, leaving untouched, white paper for the next covering of paint. Take a look:
Finally, my "big project" is finished! It’s been a crazy day with a lot going on, but foliotwist.com is finally live and online! Since I’ve kept it a complete secret up until launch, here’s a quick (mostly visual) overview of what it does. . .read more
Like every other painting medium, watercolors have their own set of quirks that you'll have to learn if you're going to successfully control them. One of those quirks in particular is the tendency for pigment to spread into other sections of your paper than you originally planned on. This is e. . . read more
In today's video, watercolor painter Barbara Nechis demonstrates how to paint flowers using a wet-into-wet method. As you'll see in the clip below, she starts by thoroughly (yet carefully) re-wetting her paper, to ensure that an even amount of water is spread over the entire painting. Some of . . . read more
Most paintings (especially portraits and figurative paintings) benefit from a good preliminary drawing before you ever pick up a brush. The traditional way of doing this is to draw on your canvas using charcoal or graphite, and then paint over it—but today we'd like to show you an altern. . . read more
When painting fur, it's important to think in terms of layers. Take a look at Susan Bourdet's demonstration below—as you'll see, she adds at least three layers of paint to get the desired texture: NOTE: You can get Susan's full watercolor DVD at Creative Catalyst.. . . read more
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