My palette on the videos
Info on the long, narrow palette in some of my videos. Pros and cons and some other palette options.
Color and Color Mixing
Articles and videos on color and color-mixing.
Creating a Sense of Depth and Believable Shadows
Creating a sense of depth and believable shadows, especially on red, yellow and orange objects.
How to Revive Dried-Up Watercolor Paint
How to revive those rock-hard tubes or the crumbly paint in that palette you haven’t used in a while.
Adjusting granulation
Some watercolor pigments produce granulation (a.k.a. sedimentation), a mottled or speckly appearance as the wash dries. Did you know that you can sometimes coax more or less granulation out of the same pigment? Here’s how.
Tips for Mixing Darks and Shadow Colors
A few tips for mixing darks and shadow colors in watercolor, including shadows on yellow and red objects.
Creativity Booster— Try Improv Painting!
Here’s an exercise to help you stimulate your creativity, loosen up or find your own style.
Color and Color Mixing | Creative Energy Journaling | Finding Your Style | Planning Your Own Watercolors
Easily Create Symmetrical Circular Designs (January 2023 Art Invitation)
Make your own symmetrical circular designs for mandalas or other circular paintings. All you need are a plate and a piece of office paper! This video shows you how to do it.
How Do I Paint Tan? (beige/khaki/sand/bark/fur/feathers/skin)
An easy tip for mixing lively, interesting and natural-looking browns, tans, skin tones, fur, feathers, etc.
It’s Not All About Hue – Imposters and Chameleons
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 some activities to help you develop a more sophisticated understanding of color-mixing so you become better at choosing and mixing pigments to create the artistic effects—including perceived color—you desire.
Crazy Colorful Pears
Fun exercises in glazing and negative painting. Perfect for times when you feel like painting, but you’re too stressed or tired to focus on challenging work. A chance to play with color and different ways of applying paint while you practice essential watercolor skills.
41 min.
Using Colorways
Even if you do as I do and have a “(home)base palette” of 8 or 9 colors, there are times when you want to bring in other colors for a particular painting or series. Here’s how I do it to make sure I still have color harmony.
Apr 2019: Fifty Shades of Grey—The G-Rated Version
I demonstrate some of my favorite mixtures for grey, including a secret for mixing greys to create a sense of warm light glowing behind the edges of clouds.