Reflections in Calm Water

How I did my subpaintings

It’s an “in-between” week. The next article in the planning series comes out next week. 

This week, an experiment: I’m releasing a lightly edited video of three of the subpaintings I used as examples in the last article on using subpaintings to help you plan your watercolors.

This isn’t a polished “how-to” video; it’s a chance to look over my shoulder while I work. I’ve added commentary telling you what I’m thinking about as I work, but this is not a carefully planned and tightly edited lesson. As you’ll see, I’m still figuring things out as I work on these subpaintings (which is the point of subpaintings, after all).