How to paint skies and clouds February 19, 2008
Posted by watercolorsandmore in ARt instruction, Art lessons, Art tutorials, Patrick Ley Greaves, Sunset, Wet in wet, art, art videos, evening sky, landscape, landscapes, painting, skies and clouds, tips, tutorials, watercolor, watercolor videos, watercolour, watercolour washes.3 comments
Painting skies and clouds in watercolor is an exciting prospect for an artist and the process is made easier by this video of artist Patrick-Ley Greaves. Mixing of colors, developing negative shapes, leaving edges soft and hard as well as working in wet in wet and wet on dry are some of the techniques one can learn from this demonstration. More of his videos at Patrick’s website.
Cathy Johnson’s art tips September 15, 2007
Posted by watercolorsandmore in ARt instruction, Art lessons, Art tutorials, Cathy Johnson, Drawing, Wet in wet, Where do I start?, art, figure drawing, landscapes, painting, sketching, tips, tutorials, watercolor, watercolour.2 comments
Eminent artist, writer, naturalist Cathy Johnson’s website is a treasure pot for artists. The art tips page on the site covers almost everything a student would like to learn - from dirawing, sketching, watercolor to painting wild flowers, perspective, drawing fingers… the list is endless. And you can download them all as pdf files! Here’s the link to the site: http://www.cathyjohnson.info/ And here are the files: http://www.cathyjohnson.info/tips.html
