Watercolor Tutorials

Normally painters use the white of their paper in a wash to lighten colors. By mixing a standard pigment with an interference color you’ll lighten your color, add brightness and add an additional reflective ...

When Iridescent Gold is mixed with Permanent Red Deep the result is a shimmering coral shade. Two transformations are at play in this mixture—the red is warmed by the gold creating red-orange and, at the same ...

Click to read our Aquabord Tutorial by Ali Cavanaugh. Ali discovered Ampersand Aquabord a number of years ago and has been using it exclusively ever since. Aquabord quickly become her favorite for ...

Demonstration by Caroline Buchanan You are asked to do a value study for your paintings. Sound familiar? You think you know what that is, so you sit down and draw the things that will be ...

Barbara Nechis demonstrates how she keeps her work fresh and unpredictable by floating watercolors into clear water I developed this method as a result of observing the sometimes fluid in ...

Demonstration by Susie Short Step 1 Wet the surface down for the trees, defining where you want the trees to meet the snow's edge. Drop color for the trees into th ...