Backruns, blooms and cauliflowers
Blooms in watercolor occur when a drop of paint or water is placed in an almost dry paint surface. The added water lifts the almost dry color and pushes the pigments towards the edges….
Category: Techniques
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…
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…
Beginner’s mistakes 2
I continue to describe common mistakes that many beginners make, last time I described mistakes that are common with the material such as brushes, paper and paints. This time it is the problem that…
Beginner’s mistakes 1
I have been holding watercolor courses for almost 40 years and have seen many beginners paint watercolor during all this time. I will mention some very common mistakes that beginners make, so that you…
Paint negatively
Negative Painting is a painting technique, often used in watercolor. In short, it means creating the shape of an object by painting what is behind first, and thus giving an object a shape before…
How I mix neutral colors
Gray color occurs in all kinds of paintings, it is important to master mixtures of gray color so you are not dependent on black or ready-mixed gray. In this text I will describe how…
Masking fluid with dip pen
In the post masking fluid I wrote that I usually dilute masking fluid when I use it with a dip pen. I intend to describe in more detail here how I do this. Masking…
Draw fine lines
It may seem easy. To draw a fine line with a brush. But making a really nice line with a brush can be tricky. Many of my students have problems with this. Use a…
