Arrange your watercolor box
Do you use watercolor paints in pans?Do you keep them in a box created for the purpose?Are all your colors in disarray?Don’t you know what their name is? If you answered yes to these…
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Paint grass with a flat brush
I thought I would share a way to paint grass and other “striped” structures that are quite useful. There are brushes that are made for the purpose, so-called fan brushes, but I do not…
Bockingford
Bockingford from St Cuthbert’s Mill is a relatively inexpensive alternative to the more expensive cotton paper. It is made of cellulose (wood) and is therefore not as durable as a cotton paper. Even if…
Quinacridone maroon (PR206) Discontinued
The pigment is no longer manufactured, if you find someone who has the color why not buy while it lasts. Quinacridone maroon is a semi-transparent, very light resistant, staining reddish brown color that was…
Beginner’s guide to mixing colors – Technique
Mixing colors seems easy, but for the inexperienced artist it can still be a challenge. I have understood this, after many years of teaching. I will therefore describe how to mix colors. These are…
Beginner’s guide to mixing colors – Material
This is the first post about color mixing, it will be followed by others. Colors It is important to have the right colors as a starting point for mixtures. All colors that consist of…
Still life, wet on wet
This is an exercise in wet on wet technique. It is painted with cobalt blue, burnt sienna and raw sienna. If you miss these colors, you can use French ultramarine instead of cobalt blue,…
Hooker’s Green
William Jackson Hooker was an English botanist and botanical illustrator who lived from 1785 to 1865. In his botanical illustrations, he naturally needed a natural green color for all green plants. He liked to…
Tracks | A watercolor exercise
This painting is done with my three-color favorite combination, namely: French ultramarine, burnt sienna and raw sienna. It is a very good color combo for (non-green) landscapes, especially winter and autumn motifs. Step 1…
Quinacridone orange (PO48) Discontinued
Quinacridone orange is a transparent, staining and very intense orange earth-colored pigment that first saw the light of day in 1958. A property, which it unfortunately shares with several other watercolor paints, is that…
