Hi friends! In this video I’m sharing the basics of mixing acrylic paint, demonstrating the two ways you can mix acrylic paint (on the canvas or on your palettes), how to blend your colours together on the canvas, how to tone down a colour that’s too vibrant, and how to avoid mixing mud while you’re […]
6 Basic Watercolor Techniques for Beginners
Hello friends! Today I wanted to share 6 basic watercolor techniques every beginner needs to know. They’re quite simple, but they’re the basis to every watercolor painting (not necessarily all of them are in a single painting, but at least a couple will be!). Today I’ll demonstrate what they are and explain how they’re created! […]
A Watercolor for Beginners Tutorial Round-Up!
Hello friends! Happy Monday! Today I wanted to share a list of some of my older posts on using watercolors, in the hopes of helping out some of the newer readers to this blog that may not have seen some of these posts that are buried in my archives. Every now and then, I’ll be […]
The Illusion of Time in Painting
Hi friends! So today I wanted to write a little tutorial-style blog post about the illusion of time in painting. A lot of beginners to painting and those unfamiliar with painting or art in general tend to think that a work of art is created in one long painting session. We like to picture the […]
A Watercolor Paper Alternative: Aquabord!
Hi friends! Happy Friday! I mentioned this product in a couple of our recent watercolor-related videos, but I wanted to take the time to write a dedicated post about it because it’s truly something I think everyone who likes working with watercolors should try at least once: Aquabord by Ampersand. (Please note that I’ve included […]
