How to Get All the Paint Out of a Watercolor Tube (without a mess)
A clean and easy way to get all the paint out of a watercolor tube (without cutting it open!).
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Sketchbook Pro is a great tool for quickly planning changes to a painting in progress, and it’s free. This video introduces the small set of features I use in my planning process, so you can get started quickly without having to go through a lot of features you don’t need.
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One of the joys of watercolor is the ease of cleanup. In fact, you don’t really have to clean up at all, if you don’t feel like it. Nothing terrible happens if you just wipe off your brush, put it down and walk away. Well, mostly—do you know the right way to put down a watercolor…
Easily Scale Up Photos and Drawings Using a Home Printer
Ever wish you could print out a photo in larger sizes to transfer to your watercolor paper without making a trip to the copy shop? This video shows you how to use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software which most people already have for reading PDFs) to print out large images on multiple sheets of letter-size paper.
How to Remove Masking Tape Without Tearing the Paper
Just a short video with some tips to prevent your paper from tearing when you remove masking tape from your watercolors.
Prevent buckling without stretching your paper
Working on paper that is saturated from the back is a method for preventing your paper from buckling while you work that does not involve stretching it.