Have you ever gone out to sketch, but wound up spending the whole time taking photos because every scene you see is too hard to paint with the time and sketching skills you have? Here’s a strategy that makes your sketching on location much more manageable. (Works great for using reference photos more creatively, too!)
Tips for planning a manageable painting/postcard and coping with a complex subject when sketching on location.
Color always gets my creative juices flowing. Here are four ways to use the Color of the Day to unleash your creative spirit—(click the image to read on)
Super-simple and minimal supplies: a watersoluble pen, a wet brush and a postcard or sketchbook. This is basically a form of line-and-wash, but doesn’t seem to be taught or discussed much. My favorite super-lightweight sketching strategy.
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Some things to watch out for that make it easier or harder to reserve lights and whites in watercolor.
Want your paintings to look unified? It helps to combine “things” into larger shapes, and then use smaller shapes to (partially) separate them. Here’s an exercise to help you practice. First, set up a still life with a couple of simple objects. Avoid anything that has a lot of pattern, texture, reflections or complicated edges—you…
Some fast and easy watercolor sketchbooks you can make yourself from the paper you usually paint on. (Part 1 of 2)
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