Watercolor Tutorials

Our Limited Edition Triads offer incredible value and a chance to experiment with gorgeous color mixes. Each set is a perfect project all on its own - or use them as a limited palette for card making or plein air ...

DANIEL SMITH offers high-quality watercolors, many with properties you won't find elsewehere. These include our Quinacridones, Luminescents and PrimaTek color lines. ...

Sally Drew Uses Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors to Experiment with Color Mixtures Get Acquainted with Your Colors I use a twenty-four color palette, but since ...

Diana Randolph Discusses: Designing and Painting Semi-Abstractions - The Close-Focus Watercolors of Karlyn Holman What can artists paint when they love both realism and abstraction? Karly ...

A Watercolor Demonstration with Brenda Swenson In this demonstration I am painting a close-up of a 1946 Chevrolet pick-up, hence the title 'CAL 46'. I have been fascinated with old trucks for ...

When it’s summer, for many places the dominant color in the local landscape is GREEN! So here are a few ideas for some interesting greens that you might mix using our PrimaTek Watercolor Amazonite Genuine. ...

Hilary Page shows how to use DANIEL SMITH Interference Watercolors to best effect. Interference watercolors are intriguing additions to our palettes. They add luster to a glossy surface, ...

A Demonstration by Jan Hart Fall colors jolt us out of our familiarity with the greens and blues of summer. Every year, almost overnight, there is an explosion of warm, analogous colors - ...

Now you can paint on almost surface including cardboard! Make your own Decorative Watercolor Boxes to keep or give as gifts for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Birthdays, Halloween, Christmas or whatever occasion you ...

With this subject, Kay Barnes constructs a wonderful fall scene filled with color and contrasting values. The reference photo is only a springboard for the rhythms, colors, and textures I wish to impart to the ...

A Study Utilizing Visual Complements Here is a demonstration from start to finish in which visual complements are used for color enhancement. I juxtaposed the yellow lemons with their vis ...

DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Ground can be used on baskets and other shapes to transform them for painting. ...

Tips on What to Pack by Cecile Disenhouse Backpackers are inspired by the beauty and proximity of the Pacific Northwest's varied terrain. From the majestic Cascade Range and its volcanic ...

Hilary Page Demonstrates the Nature of Daniel Smith's Textural Watercolor Paints When doing the research for my book 'Hilary Page's Guide to Watercolor Paints' I found some unique and exc ...

Tinting Block Prints with Watercolor by Molly Hashimoto Get Acquainted with Your Colors After working as a watercolor artist for years, I tried out the Safety-Kut ...

With the right complementary color pairs, the color in your paintings will be more exquisite and dazzling than ever before The colors shown in this chart are mixing complements, used to m ...

With our DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Ground you can make your own Decorative Metal Boxes to keep or give as gifts for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Birthdays, Halloween, Christmas or whatever occasion you like! ...

Our Watercolor Travel Boxes can be filled with your choice of tube watercolors and are compatible with half pan watercolors from other manufactures, like W&N and Sennelier. They are completely customizable to your ...

One of the questions I get asked most often, whether in my studio or at an opening or exhibit is: “How do I get metallics into my origi ...

DANIEL SMITH released Lapis Lazuli Genuine watercolor in 1998 and artists were introduced to PrimaTek® pigments. Since then, this line of natural mineral paint has grown to 38 colors and has become ...