How to Paint: Watercolor Lighthouses
My latest tutorial on how to paint watercolor lighthouses! As you know, I’m 50/50 on sketching a subject before painting. I do like to sketch if I’m concerned about composition. But if I’m just going...
Read MoreExploring Holbein Colored Pencils: First Impressions, Swatches, and a Whole Lot of Play
Today, I’m diving into something I’ve been excited about for a long time: Holbein colored pencils. Hi friends! 👋 It’s Audrey here—your resident teaching artist, watercolor + gouache enthusiast, calligrapher, and occasional colored pencil explorer....
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How to Paint: Watercolor Lavender in a Gray Vase
Get ready to really loosen up by painting these watercolor lavender in a gray vase! My favorite thing about painting loosely is that I don’t really have a plan. I mean, I have a plan...
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How to Paint: Watercolor Cucumbers
This painting session of watercolor cucumbers was totally unplanned. And that’s the best type of painting sessions sometimes. I had some reference photos, but for the most part, I used my intuition to paint loosely...
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How to Paint: Watercolor Poppies + Free Sketch
In honor of Memorial Day… we’ll learn how to paint watercolor poppies. The poppy flower is a symbol of remembrance. The poem below was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in 1915 when he noticed...
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