Brief History of Watercolor
History of Color
The History of British Watercolor
The Way of Watercolor Historical Information
Beginner's Questions and Answers
Color Mixing Tutorial - Tutorial by the Artist William Powell
How To Hold a Watercolor Brush
How To Test Papers
History of Color
The History of British Watercolor
The Way of Watercolor Historical Information
Beginner's Questions and Answers
Color Mixing Tutorial - Tutorial by the Artist William Powell
How To Hold a Watercolor Brush
How To Test Papers
Watercolour Theory and Basic Watercolour Techniques
These Watercolour Tutorials are mainly for the beginners among you as well as those of us that need to refresh our knowledge. The tutorials in this category will provide you with the basic building blocks of Watercolour Painting as well as teaching you some of the basic Watercolour Techniques. There are also in depth tutorials and articles on colour theory, perspective,tonal values, composition, perspective, equipment selection and more.
These Watercolour Tutorials are mainly for the beginners among you as well as those of us that need to refresh our knowledge. The tutorials in this category will provide you with the basic building blocks of Watercolour Painting as well as teaching you some of the basic Watercolour Techniques. There are also in depth tutorials and articles on colour theory, perspective,tonal values, composition, perspective, equipment selection and more.
Elements and Principles of Art -- The basics of art that every artist needs to understand in order to create a successful work of art.
Tutorial on Composition- This tutorial by Peter Saw teaches the fundamental aspects of composition in a fun, interactive way.
16 Lessons in Color Theory- Learn all about primary and secondary colors, triads, and the fundamentals of color mixing. Learn how to use color to show perspective and how to create the color effects caused by both artificial and natural light.
Familiarizing yourself with colors- the VALUE SCALE - Tutorial by Artist Mary Ann Boysen
Landscapes, Horizons, Focal Points - Tutorial by Artist Mary Ann Boysen
Negative Shapes and Perspective - Tutorial by Artist Mary Ann Boysen
Watercolor Terms- Carol Santora provides a good overview of terms used in watercolor painting.
Basic Color Mixing - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Paint Qualities & Characteristics - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Creating Depth with Value Changes - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Creating Dominance with Hue, Value & Intensity - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Painting with a Limited Palette - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Using Value Contrasts Effectively - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Spacial Emphasis in Reference Photos - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Choosing A Palette of Colors - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Hard, Soft and "Lost" Edges in Watercolor - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Practicing Your Brushwork - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Limber Up your Imagination - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Abstracting from Nature - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Tutorial on Composition- This tutorial by Peter Saw teaches the fundamental aspects of composition in a fun, interactive way.
16 Lessons in Color Theory- Learn all about primary and secondary colors, triads, and the fundamentals of color mixing. Learn how to use color to show perspective and how to create the color effects caused by both artificial and natural light.
Familiarizing yourself with colors- the VALUE SCALE - Tutorial by Artist Mary Ann Boysen
Landscapes, Horizons, Focal Points - Tutorial by Artist Mary Ann Boysen
Negative Shapes and Perspective - Tutorial by Artist Mary Ann Boysen
Watercolor Terms- Carol Santora provides a good overview of terms used in watercolor painting.
Basic Color Mixing - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Paint Qualities & Characteristics - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Creating Depth with Value Changes - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Creating Dominance with Hue, Value & Intensity - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Painting with a Limited Palette - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Using Value Contrasts Effectively - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Spacial Emphasis in Reference Photos - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Choosing A Palette of Colors - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Hard, Soft and "Lost" Edges in Watercolor - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Practicing Your Brushwork - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Limber Up your Imagination - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Abstracting from Nature - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Color Theory- Questions and answers about color and color mixing.
John Hagan's Art Lessons- Includes excellent tips for painting aerial perspective, light and shade, and portraits. Though he works mostly in oils, his tips are applicable to all painting mediums.
The Power of Placement- Donald Clegg discusses good composition and dynamic placement, demonstrating how to provide unity and guide the viewer's eye throughout the painting or toward the point of the interest.
Romantic & Real- Donald Clegg teaches how important the backdrop or background is in your paintings, and how it can act as a complement or contrast to your still life subjects.
Essential Painting How To's- About.com provides step-by-step information and essential techniques for beginner painters.
Online Watercolor Painting Demos
The difference between "Mixing" and "Visual" complements
Barbara Simmons: Watercolor Tips - an archive of watercolor tips and instruction on artistic principles, covering such topics as color dominance, composition editing, composition with a model, focal area, gradation, guidelines for creating a successful painting, making darks in watercolor, mixing color, negative space, positive shapes, principles & elements of design, semi-neutral or neutral colors, the design principle dominance, the light source, the tetrad, the third tetrad, warm/cool relationships, working with a large pallette selection, working with photo references and more.
FARP: Watercolor Technique - a brief illustrated, instructional overview of the techniques of watercolour painting, covering the supplies needed, the the wash, opaque, erasing and tinting techniques, miscellaneous hints and more.
John Hagan's Art Lessons- Includes excellent tips for painting aerial perspective, light and shade, and portraits. Though he works mostly in oils, his tips are applicable to all painting mediums.
The Power of Placement- Donald Clegg discusses good composition and dynamic placement, demonstrating how to provide unity and guide the viewer's eye throughout the painting or toward the point of the interest.
Romantic & Real- Donald Clegg teaches how important the backdrop or background is in your paintings, and how it can act as a complement or contrast to your still life subjects.
Essential Painting How To's- About.com provides step-by-step information and essential techniques for beginner painters.
Online Watercolor Painting Demos
The difference between "Mixing" and "Visual" complements
Barbara Simmons: Watercolor Tips - an archive of watercolor tips and instruction on artistic principles, covering such topics as color dominance, composition editing, composition with a model, focal area, gradation, guidelines for creating a successful painting, making darks in watercolor, mixing color, negative space, positive shapes, principles & elements of design, semi-neutral or neutral colors, the design principle dominance, the light source, the tetrad, the third tetrad, warm/cool relationships, working with a large pallette selection, working with photo references and more.
FARP: Watercolor Technique - a brief illustrated, instructional overview of the techniques of watercolour painting, covering the supplies needed, the the wash, opaque, erasing and tinting techniques, miscellaneous hints and more.
How to achieve a Flat Watercolour Wash - A very important fundamental in watercolour is the ability to lay a flat seamless wash of colour on your paper.
How to achieve a Graded Watercolour Wash - The next step. Graded washes are where you use one colour (or several colours) that gradually lightens or darkens in tone as you lay the wash.
Glazing technique - The key to succesful, fresh luminous watecolours is the ability to paint or glaze layers of watercolour leaving the paper or previous colour shining through each succesive wash.
Glazing for Richer Colour - Tutorial by Artist Mary Ann-Boysen
Glazing with Watercolor - Tutorial by Ellen Fountain
Wet-in-wet technique - Describes the process of laying several colours or tones of the same colour onto the paper while the paper is wet. This allows the colours to blend together naturally leaving soft edges this technique is widely used to add atmosphere to painting such as in the portrayal of mist, cloud etc it is also one of the most popular techniques used for painting skies.
Wet-in-wet technique! - Artist Rod Webb provides advice on painting clouds in watercolors.
Dry Brush technique - A fantastic technique for achieving texture on stonework or rocks and is also used to portray undergrowth and long grasses etc
Watercolor Drybrush
Lifting wet paint - There are several ways of doing this you can use a brush (don't forget to wring it excess water first), papertowels or even a sponge. This technique is a useful one to have in your armory as not only does it provide quite an effective way of portraying clouds but it can also be used to control runaway washes.
Lifting dry paint - Fantastic technique for negative painting (more on this later) and for correcting mistakes. This technique can also come in handy for softening edges in your skys.
Stretching Watercolor Paper- This article by Daniel Smith explains how to stretch watercolor paper with tape or tacks.
Elements and Principles of Art -- The basics of art that every artist needs to understand in order to create a successful work of art.
Paper and Brushes - Tutorial by Artist Mary Ann Boysen
Oriental Brush Care- A great article by Daniel Smith on how to care for these unique brushes.
Getting Started: Basic Watercolor Supplies - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
How to achieve a Graded Watercolour Wash - The next step. Graded washes are where you use one colour (or several colours) that gradually lightens or darkens in tone as you lay the wash.
Glazing technique - The key to succesful, fresh luminous watecolours is the ability to paint or glaze layers of watercolour leaving the paper or previous colour shining through each succesive wash.
Glazing for Richer Colour - Tutorial by Artist Mary Ann-Boysen
Glazing with Watercolor - Tutorial by Ellen Fountain
Wet-in-wet technique - Describes the process of laying several colours or tones of the same colour onto the paper while the paper is wet. This allows the colours to blend together naturally leaving soft edges this technique is widely used to add atmosphere to painting such as in the portrayal of mist, cloud etc it is also one of the most popular techniques used for painting skies.
Wet-in-wet technique! - Artist Rod Webb provides advice on painting clouds in watercolors.
Dry Brush technique - A fantastic technique for achieving texture on stonework or rocks and is also used to portray undergrowth and long grasses etc
Watercolor Drybrush
Lifting wet paint - There are several ways of doing this you can use a brush (don't forget to wring it excess water first), papertowels or even a sponge. This technique is a useful one to have in your armory as not only does it provide quite an effective way of portraying clouds but it can also be used to control runaway washes.
Lifting dry paint - Fantastic technique for negative painting (more on this later) and for correcting mistakes. This technique can also come in handy for softening edges in your skys.
Stretching Watercolor Paper- This article by Daniel Smith explains how to stretch watercolor paper with tape or tacks.
Elements and Principles of Art -- The basics of art that every artist needs to understand in order to create a successful work of art.
Paper and Brushes - Tutorial by Artist Mary Ann Boysen
Oriental Brush Care- A great article by Daniel Smith on how to care for these unique brushes.
Getting Started: Basic Watercolor Supplies - Tutorial by Artist Ellen Fountain
Transferring accurate perspective - Learn Artist Rod Webb's way of transferring perspective to your watercolour painting.
Painting with a Limited Palette - Tutorial by the Artist Ellen Fountain
The Contrast of Complements - A Fantastic lesson on complimentary colours by Barbara Simmons.
What is it that makes watercolor such an addictive medium? - Tutorial by Artist John Lovett
Description and examples of different watercolor techniques - Tutorial by Artist John Lovett
Add impact to your work by focusing attention on the centre of interest - Tutorial by Artist John Lovett
Using compound colours - A technique to aid colour harmony - Tutorial by Artist John Lovett
Painting with a Limited Palette - Tutorial by the Artist Ellen Fountain
The Contrast of Complements - A Fantastic lesson on complimentary colours by Barbara Simmons.
What is it that makes watercolor such an addictive medium? - Tutorial by Artist John Lovett
Description and examples of different watercolor techniques - Tutorial by Artist John Lovett
Add impact to your work by focusing attention on the centre of interest - Tutorial by Artist John Lovett
Using compound colours - A technique to aid colour harmony - Tutorial by Artist John Lovett
Watercolor Techniques - Imagination - Learn how to use your most powerful tool in your Watercolours with Artist Roland Lee
Watercolor Lesson - A Painting Reflects Your Feelings - Putting your heart & soul into your paintings by Artist Roland Lee
Watercolor Lesson - A Painting Reflects Your Feelings - Putting your heart & soul into your paintings by Artist Roland Lee
The Control of Water in Watercolour: Join Arnold Lowrey as he addresses the single most important technique associated with watercolour - how to control the water! Join Arnold as he illustrates the effects of using little water to wet-in-wet techniques.
Fun With Watercolours - Workshop & Demos : Award winning artist, Alan Mark Cross, presents a series of work in progress demos which include photos and step by step instructions. Follow along as Alan shares some of his watercolour tricks and techniques in this workshop experience!
Controlling Watercolor! - Join Artist Johannes Vloothuis for an excellent new watercolor tutorial.
A few minutes planning your washes can make all the difference to a watercolour - Tutorial by Artist John Lovett
Controlling Watercolor! - Join Artist Johannes Vloothuis for an excellent new watercolor tutorial.
A few minutes planning your washes can make all the difference to a watercolour - Tutorial by Artist John Lovett
Peter Saw: Watercolour Tips - a collection of illustrated instructional tips and resources for watercolour painters, including a general introduction to watercolour for beginners, watercolour terminology, step by step demonstrations of a simple landscape and other nature scenes, tutorials on composition, colour & the colour wheel, colours in watercolour & colour mixing and more.
Bruce MacEvoy's Watercolor Guide- Illustrated guides to a range of topics on watercolor painting, covering watercolor papers, how to test watercolor papers, how papers are made, preparing papers for painting, stretching papers, storing, mounting & framing, watercolor brushes, brush types & construction, selecting brushes, brush care & storage, other application tools, how watercolor paints are made, how to test watercolor paints, color psychology, color mixing theories, color wheels, mixing with a color wheel, tonal value, exploring a paint wheel, watercolor palette types, laying a wash, painting outdoors and more. A wonderful resource that provides lots of information for Watercolour Artists.
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