Introduction
Last updated: 30 July 2018. This text is written with a blog editor that requires entries ordered by date, rather than topic. To get...
Vignette 1: The Reverse Graphite Picture Transfer (RGPT) Technique
Last updated 7 May 2018. Drawing is the element underlying all watercolors. However, you don't need a detailed sketch; you just need to...
Vignette 2: Lifting and Blending Techniques
There is a fine line between lifting and blending. Technically speaking, whenever pigment is first placed on the paper and subsequently remo
Vignette 3: About Watercolor Paper
Watercolor paper is sold in different weights (grams per square meter or gsm) and in three grades: hot pressed, cold pressed (also called no
Vignette 4: Realistic Painting as Illusion
... a chair has an essence, "chair-ness" if you will, that allows you to recognize it and keeps you from sitting on the coffee tab
Vignette 5: Care of Watercolors
Shipping: Loose watercolor paintings should be placed in an archival cover and sandwiched between stiff board to protect against folding, be
Vignette 6: About Watercolor Brushes
Last Updated 21 Jan 2019. There are lots of watercolor brushes. They are different shapes and made from different materials – and if you...
Chapter 1. Perception of Color and Color Mixture Models
Roy G. Biv is a fictional person whose name is an acronym for the rainbow order of hues: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
Chapter 2. About Watercolor Paints and Supplies
Every paint has its own personality and behaves differently. An absolute wealth of information about pigment formulations is found online he
Chapter 3. Perspective
Expressing three dimensions in two is the heart of perspective drawing. When the eye looks at something it necessarily collapses a three-dim
Chapter 4. Cast Shadow
Shade and shadow can be a key consideration in the perception of depth. Shade is distinguished from shadow in that shade is attached to the
Projects, Skill Level 0
General Project Notes Last updated 19 July 2018 The projects that start with the easiest and grow increasingly more difficult. In...
Projects, Skill Level 1
Project 1-1: Three Scoops Last updated 14 July 2018. Skill Level: 1 A beginning watercolor. Source Photo Finished Watercolor Three Scoops...
Projects, Skill Level 2
Project 2 -1: Pure Vanilla Last updated 23 December 2018 Skill Level: 2 A watercolor requiring an intermediate skill . Source Photo Photo...
Projects, Skill Level 3
Project 3-1: When Life Gives You Lemons Last Updated 4 August 2018 Skill Level 3: A watercolor requiring intermediate skill Source Photo...
