Watercolor Tutorials

This board includes blog posts I've written sharing watercolor painting tips, tutorials, and my personal process when using this amazing medium. #watercolors #watercolour #arttips
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Watercolor Pencil Sunflower Tutorial
Step by step watercolor pencil tutorial for beginners. Learn techniques to easily develop realistic, glowing watercolor pencil paintings.
Watercolor Mixing Realistic and Vibrant Greens
In this video tutorial, I share the best strategies to mix realistic, vibrant greens with watercolor. If you're starting with landscapes and botanicals, this one is for you!
Combining Watercolor Pencils and Paint
In this video, I explain how I combine the strengths of traditional watercolor paint and watercolor pencils to create beautiful, balanced artwork. I also share a painting time lapse for a colorful blue jay piece.
Christmas Watercolor Tutorials for Beginners
Step by step watercolor painting tutorial for beginners. In this holiday-themed tutorial, I share my painting process for a colorful piece that includes a variety of ornaments. This one would work perfectly as part of a greeting card design.
Watercolor Paper Sizing
Did you know that watercolor paper can "go bad"? In this blog post, I explain everything you have to know about watercolor paper sizing, from what it does, to how to tell if your paper is no longer suitable for painting, to practical tips on how to keep your paper in great condition for a longer time.
Best Christmas and Winter Watercolor Tutorials
Looking for fun watercolor tutorials to help you practice essential techniques while enjoying the holiday season? Whether you're into still life, landscapes, loose botanicals or animals, you'll find a tutorial you'll enjoy in this compilation. Greeting card ideas are included!
Watercolor Christmas Greeting Card Tutorial
Practice foundational watercolor techniques such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry and layering, as well as the salt technique, while working on some fun, holiday-themed artwork that you can give away this season!
Watercolor Maple Leaf Tutorial
In this step-by-step watercolor tutorial, I share a helpful masking fluid technique that will help you achieve realistic results when painting leaves.
Watercolor Exercises for Beginners
If you're just getting started with watercolor, this video tutorial is for you! Advance your water and brush control with these exercises. I explain the three main washes and must-know brush-strokes that will help you improve your paintings.
How to Use the Rule of Thirds
The Rule of Thirds is a helpful guide we can use, as artists, to improve our drawings and paintings. In this blog post I explain this principle and provide examples of how to use it in landscapes, still life, portraits and other types of artwork.
Watercolor Polar Bear Painting Tutorial
In this step-by-step watercolor tutorial, I take you through my painting process for a realistic polar bear in a snow scene.
How to Paint 5 Watercolor Flowers
In this step-by-step, beginner's tutorial, I explain how to paint 5 different types of flowers in watercolor: tulips, roses, lavender, coneflowers and wildflowers. Let's practice painting flowers together!
Watercolor Pencil Tutorials
Starting out with watercolor pencils? Here is a compilation of guides, best tips, and step by step tutorials that will help you progress your skills faster. Follow along and create amazing watercolor pencil art in no time.
Christmas Watercolor Tutorial for Beginners
In this beginner-friendly watercolor Christmas tutorial, I take you step by step through my painting process for a piece that includes bells, leaves and berries.
Watercolor Snow Tutorial
In this blog post and video tutorial, I share my 6 favorite techniques for adding a beautiful snow effect to watercolor winter scenes.