Paint a Mountain Stream in Watercolor

Paint a Mountain Stream in Watercolor

Short Class Video Class Tutorial Painting the masking fluid To preserve all the white of the paper for the lighter areas, we need to add masking fluid in all the relevant places. Painting the sky Lay a wash of Ultramarine Blue, leaving out the cloud area. Lift out...
How to Draw a Butterfly on a Flower

How to Draw a Butterfly on a Flower

Short Class Video Class Tutorial Drawing the background We will do the background first, then the foreground. The background is quite large and I want to draw that as quickly as possible so I can get to the flower and butterfly. To speed up the drawing process I use a...
How to Add Water – Small Rapids in Pastel

How to Add Water – Small Rapids in Pastel

Short Class Video Class Tutorial Sketching the basic drawing   When using black or a very dark pastel paper use a light colored pencil to roughly sketch out the rocks and the proposed flow of water. Our reference photograph is simply a dry stream with rocks only....
How to Paint Sunset Trees in Acrylic

How to Paint Sunset Trees in Acrylic

Short Class Video Class Tutorial Painting the sky and clouds We will start at the back and work our way forward. For the sky I use paynes grey and white gradually lightening the colour towards the horizon. As I near the horizon I start to add touches of cadmium yellow...