In this week’s video tutorial, Dale Laitinen demonstrates how you can use the natural characteristics of watercolors to create perfect, soft transitions between different elements in your painting.
Dale calls these transitions “links” because they unify, or link, different parts of the painting which otherwise would have felt very separate—for example, the light-blue ocean and the darker cliffs above it. Take a look:
NOTE: You can get Dale’s complete watercolor DVD at Creative Catalyst.
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
In today's video, Dale Laitinen demonstrates how he mixes natural-looking greens, grays, and violet for use in his amazing watercolor landscape paintings. Take a look: NOTE: You can get Dale's full-length watercolor DVD tutorial at Creative Catalyst.. . . read more
Today, watercolor painter Dale Laitinen shows some of the mark-making versatility you can achieve with just a few different paintbrush sizes at hand. In the clip below he uses at least three different sizes of brushes, as well as a variety of warm and cool color combinations to create visual d. . . read more
In today's video, watercolor painter Dale Laitinen demonstrates a fairly easy method for covering distant hills in realistic looking trees. After mixing together a blue-green color (to simulate atmospheric distance and shadow) Dale follows the line of the hill downward, making short, vertical . . . read more
In today's video clip, Dale Laitinen discusses how to make smart choices when painting edges and angles in your compositions. Dale starts off the clip by assessing the treeline in one of his landscape paintings. He then goes on to point out the main flaw in his composition (an unintentional fo. . . read more
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