by lbaur | Jan 15, 2021 | How-to, Learn Email
The wealth of self-study materials for watercolor—books, video, online courses—means it’s easy and convenient to get started painting on your own. You can learn just about any watercolor technique imaginable on YouTube, for free. But, it’s difficult to learn how to...
by lbaur | Jan 2, 2021 | General News
Hi Dragonflies! Best wishes for a happy, healthy and creative 2021 to you all! Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been like a little kid turned lose in the studio, playing with all my colors! for Journey Through the Rainbow, tuning up my skills for the skies and...
by lbaur | Dec 26, 2020 | How-to, Learn Email
Color-mixing is often discussed as if the only consideration is getting “the right color”, but watercolor pigments each have their own physical and chemical properties. This video presents an activity and some information from my Journey Through the Rainbow course to...
by lbaur | Dec 15, 2020 | 2SLD Archive, Learn Email
Negative painting requires us to override the way our visual system is designed to work. Our eyes and the visual part of our brains are designed to identify “things” so we can navigate the world and work with tools and objects around us. Negative painting requires us...
by lbaur | Dec 13, 2020 | Art Email, New Artwork
These are tiny original watercolors, not prints! They’re so adorable! Just 2.5×3.5″ (same width as a business card, but half an inch taller), these little paintings appeal to everyone’s love of tiny things. Each one comes with a magnet back and...
by lbaur | Dec 12, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, Behind the Scenes Email
I threw together a quick little video of a few of the sights from my travels up and down the west coast painting Tiny Escapes in the (what else) Tiny Escape, my 19.5-foot camper van for a recent artist talk. I know some of you have been curious about it, so I thought...
by lbaur | Dec 8, 2020 | How-to
Sketchbook Pro is a great tool for quickly planning changes to a painting in progress, and it’s free. 🙂 The full version (with no ads) is available free for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android (type “Sketchbook Pro” into the search box for your app store)....
by lbaur | Dec 7, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, How-to
We’re only a couple of weeks away from the winter solstice now. It’s dark when I start work in the morning. It’s dark before I end work in the afternoon. On rainy days, I need a light on in my studio just to read a book. It feels like there’s...
by lbaur | Dec 6, 2020 | Behind the Scenes
We have lots of different reasons for painting. Some of them apply most of the time, some are “just today” or “this particular painting”. Sometimes there are several reasons; sometimes we have a single driving purpose. Considering why you are...
by lbaur | Dec 6, 2020 | General News
January Classes Are Open for Registration 🙂 I think you’ll be excited about the lineup I have for you starting in January! Skies big and small, negative painting, small group personalized coaching, and Journey through the Rainbow, a deep dive into a more...
by lbaur | Dec 5, 2020 | Classes and Workshops
$45, 2-5 pm Pacific Time, Saturday, 16 Jan 2021 My Second Sunday Live Demo on “Negative Thinking” (a different way to think about negative painting, was wildly popular, so I’ve decided to offer a clinic where you can learn by doing, instead of just...
by lbaur | Dec 5, 2020 | Classes and Workshops
$175, 4 weeks, Saturdays, 2-5 pm, 13 Feb – 6 Mar 2021 Experience level: This course is most suitable for those who have at least completed a beginner course similar to Watercolor Jumpstart. NOTE: Techniques taught in this course REQUIRE STRETCHING YOUR PAPER!!!...
