Professional watercolor artist Trevor Waugh confidently displays under the guidance of a soothing backing soundtrack how he would take on the complexities of painting white roses. Most people imagine white to be colorless but in actual fact it is anything but that. White is made up of all the colors of the spectrum and with a keen eye any aspiring artist can find these other colors! With a palette of pinks, reds, blues, violets and greens, Waugh uses a a variety of brushes to showcase his techniques and skills. This is a must watch for the aspiring watercolor artist!
John Baxter: How To Paint A Seascape In Watercolors
This video features watercolor artist John Baxter painting a scene including an estuary, boats, trees and houses. It is a time lapse video which shows how Baxter takes on difficult yet popular themes within watercolor painting. He goes through a whole spectrum of colors and uses many techniques to achieve this very realistic watercolor painting. Fine brushes, large brushes and a variety of washes all constitute this cracking landscape/seascape. Learn from what he has to offer and have a go yourself.
Steven Cronin: Watercolor Lesson Part 1
Watercolor artist Steven Cronin guides you through his methods of taking on a Loch with a radiant sun. His expert commentary is useful and very easy to follow and makes watercolors enjoyable. What amazes me is how much coverage you can achieve in such little time with watercolors. So imitate his style and see what magic you can conjure up.
Trevor Waugh: Watercolour Magical Flower Garden
A Watercolour garden scene painted in 10 minutes. Trevor Waugh shows his skill and mastery of watercolour with simple techniques designed to entertain and enlighten the viewer.
Here Trevor Waugh paints a beautiful flower garden for us.
The brushes that he uses are both round , the small one is a no8 “worker” from SAA the other is an old sable of mine No. 16.
He uses some great colours and the white paint is Titanium watercolour white by Rowney.
Trevor lives and works in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK He also runs painting courses for beginners as well as professionals at his studio.His book “Winning with Watercolour” became a top-
I am sure that you will agree with me that when it comes to painting flowers Trevor Waugh is the master.
For further works by this painter visit: http://www.trevorwaugh.com
Dennis Clark: Using The Palette Knife In Watercolors
Interestingly, I didnt believe that palette knives were used in watercolor. However, this video featuring artist Dennis Clark proves me wrong by doing just that. Endeavour to watch this video and you will pick up some useful techniques to take to your next watercolor painting. Its amazing how versatile art is.
Lian Quan Zhen: Using Chinese Techniques For Your Watercolor Technique
Artist Lian Quan Zhen shows you in this video how to introduce Chinese painting techniques into your watercolors to allow you to loosen up and paint more freely. Armed with only watercolor brushes, paper and paints, Lian explains how to use the materials to bring in the strokes and style of Chinese brush painting. After painting a few small studies designed to get you comfortable with the techniques of spraying, blowing, spattering, finger painting and using your brush in new ways, Lian moves on to paint a pair of ducks in a sunset-filled pond combining traditional and Chinese watercolor techniques. Hopefully by the close of this video you’ll be able to create gorgeous, spontaneous pictures, and most of all know how to have fun while you’re painting.
Albrecht Durer – Watercolor Pencils
This video has been introduced to cater for a debate about the fine painting and drawing …which watercolor pencils might best present a really stunning piece of work.
I was inspired by works from an artist Debber from the USA who has produced some lovely works and is hopefully going to produce a video for this site.
Steven Cronin: A Watercolor Painting Tutorial In The Lake District, Lake Buttermere
British watercolor artist Steven Cronin gives you another instalment of how to paint with confidence in watercolors. This time he chooses to paint a scene from Lake Buttermere in the Lake District. He is very specific with the tools he uses to compose his paintings and the kit used is as follows. The paper is 15″ x 11″ Fabriano watercolor paper. The brushes used are the large Ron Ranson hake and a number 3 rigger. My regular palette consists of 7 Cotman watercolors – Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber, Light Red, Ultramarine, Lemon Yellow, Payne’s Gray and Alizarin Crimson. I’m sure this video tutorial will not disappoint so grab your kit and paint along.
Beginner’s Watercolor Lesson!
Is learning watercolors your desire? This video tutorial guides you through the very beginner stages of watercolors and teaches you the bleeding techniques necessary to wash and merge a variety of colors. From deep yellows to gorgeous violets and crimsons make any color merge a distinct possibility. With a classical track acting as a calming backing music you will see the artist working a medium size brush with ample water to achieve some pretty interesting washing. I’m sure with the right set of watercolors and some decent brushes you too could hope gain some of the basic wash techniques in this popular painting style.
James Mylne: Audrey Hepburn In Ballpoint Pen
This is a very unique and fantastic drawing of movie icon Audrey Hepburn. The back ground has been spray painted in a flat light blue whilst the detailing of the face has been constructed in black ballpoint pen. The tone within the face, jacket and hat has had watercolor detailing to leave an extremely realistic and professional look. Very nice picture as I’m sure you will agree.
