In today's video clip, George James is demonstrating some of the methods he uses while painting on Yupo paper. You'll notice that because of the Yupo surface, he is able to adjust his composition on the fly, by easily. . . 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. . . read more
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. . . read more
Watercolor painter Ann Pember is well-known for her larger-than-life florals, which feature vibrant, yet realistically blended colors. In today's video clip, she demonstrates her painting process on a single. . . read more
Today, Cheng-Khee Chee is demonstrating his own unique method for painting realistically, while using abstract elements as his starting point. Take a look at the video to see what I mean. . . read more
Today’s video demonstrates an easy way to create visual interest in a painting or collage. All you need is a small roller, some paint, and a stencil. Take a look as Anne Bagby shows how. . . read more
Anne Bagby is a very creative collage artist who has all sorts of great ideas for making (and using) various types of mixed-media in her work. . . read more
In today’s video clip, watercolor painter Cheng-Khee Chee is demonstrating a rather fascinating technique for creating a marble texture, or pattern, with ink and water.
As you’ll see, the trick is to add, and then sort of “stir” the ink gently into the basin of water,. . . read more
In today’s video clip, Uriana Christy Tarbet is painting two trees, using oil pastels to create lifelike leaves, trunk, and branches.
Her primary technique for the leaves is to create the same specific movement with her pastels over and over again. . . it’s basically a. . . read more
Today, Jacqueline Sullivan is demonstrating one of her many techniques for adding texture to a painting or collage. Most of us have seen the heavy, painterly texture that can be achieved using molding paste. . . read more