Watercolor value study

A value study helps artists establish a strong composition. By simplifying the scene into basic light and dark shapes, artists can identify the focal points and create a sense of balance within the painting. Learn more on this from Andy Evansen! -->

Watercolor value exercises are extremely important when it comes to learning the basics of watercolor painting.

If you've been struggling to navigate watercolor washes and color mixing, resulting in muddy paintings that seem irreparable, this course is tailor-made just for you! Say goodbye to the frustration and join Andy Evansen to learn how to push your artistic boundaries and simplify your techniques, ensuring that your artwork stands out from the rest. #WatercolorCourse #ColorMixing #Wa...

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Try these watercolor techniques for loosening up: Use a value study to remove the guesswork—and white outlines—from your watercolor painting process.

Learn how making thumbnail sketches and using them as value studies helps you create winning painting compositions. How to sketch the value and tone relationships and how to create an interesting composition by testing out value and tone of your masses. Tips to plan a good painting.

Frustrating isn’t it? Like a lot of new watercolorists, I didn’t understand about layering paint. When I started painting I would use too much water and fuss over the wet paint with my brush. I remember enthusiastically painting layer upon layer of paint until the end result looked murky and overworked! Have you ever found

It appears that I enjoy the beginning of things, as here I am again at the beginning. I was enjoying the application of color onto paper an...

Last week, I started a blog post series about 5 different types of watercolor charts beginning with the basic watercolor chart . Like I mentioned, not all of these will technically be charts - today we're reviewing a type of scale . But whether they are charts or scales, I like to think of them a

For me, even a simple landscape painting needs to have three basic elements. A foreground, midground and background. How those three elements are handled will

Within the basic framework of a design, you can try different value schemes to see which one you like best. Separating the larger areas from light to dark wi...

Color Exercise Exercise #2 – Color Value Application Knowing the intrinsic value of color pigments is crucial to the success and enjoyment of painting. This is true for the abstract artist a…

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When weather conditions drive me inside, I like to experiment with various aspects of drawing and painting in watercolour. This one concerns values that one can build-up with glazing; overlapping l…

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