Rowing boats | A simple exercise
This is a fairly simple exercise that is painted with only two colors: A blue color and a brown. You can choose any blue. It is somewhat easier to paint this picture with a...
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Alone in the woods (an exercise)
It is important to let go. Not to be so careful. In this painting, you paint layer upon layer, or more correctly: Spots on top of other color spots. Avoid being too careful it...
Reflections in water
This exercise has a classification “easy” even though most people may perceive it as a fairly advanced exercise. But the approach and the different color layers are quite easy to do, so I call...
Exercise – Bicycle tracks
This is an exercise that is both simple and difficult at the same time. If you have a good drawing as a basis, you can paint this easily in a free style. But if...
Exercise Reeds
I made this painting in 2005 after a very old black and white photo. The fact that the photo is not in color may contribute to the slightly freer colors in the painting. The...
Flat washes
This exercise is about Flat washes, it is a basic technique in watercolor. I may return to at a later time how to do a flat wash. But the principle is: Tilt the paper,...
Understanding value – An exercise
Typical of the amateur painter is the lack of contrast in the works. Maybe it’s due to lack of drawing, value drawing (with pencil) is a good way to get a feel for the...
