by lbaur | Mar 23, 2021 | Postcard Paint-Alongs
Paint a hummingbird using basic...
by lbaur | Mar 23, 2021 | Postcard Paint-Alongs
Paint a dragonfly using basic brush...
by lbaur | Mar 22, 2021 | Postcard Paint-Alongs
Paint a bumblebee on a coneflower using basic...
by lbaur | Mar 22, 2021 | Postcard Paint-Alongs
Painting a cloudy winter sunrise scene in watercolor . Shows how to suggest different cloud layers in the sky by layering (glazing) in your painting. (There is no reference photo for this older project.) This would make a good...
by lbaur | Mar 22, 2021 | Postcard Paint-Alongs
A simple still life of a glass bowl and lemons in watercolor. In this project you’ll practice laying a multi-colored wash connecting several “objects” into one large shape, and then defining the individual objects with smaller washes along their...
by lbaur | Mar 22, 2021 | Postcard Paint-Alongs
How to paint a kayaker paddling near a cliff in watercolor. Another simple monochrome “silhouette” painting using the skills learned in the Project 4 section of Watercolor Jumpstart. This project would also work well as a postcard! Reference Photo for...
by lbaur | Jan 15, 2021 | How-to, The Other How-to
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 | How-to, The Other How-to
Many of you first got to know me through the postcard paint-alongs. Given that I released a dozen of them in a little over 6 months in 2020, it might surprise you to hear that for years I have strenuously resisted doing paint-along videos or step-by-step demos (except...
by lbaur | Dec 26, 2020 | Color and Color Mixing, How-to
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 to help you develop a more sophisticated understanding of...
by lbaur | Dec 15, 2020 | 2SLD Archive
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 12, 2020 | Studio
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, The Other 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)....