Videos and Tutorials!

Spring Tulips Demo

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 14:55:59 -0400

A quick way to paint a couple of tulips into your sketchbook using watercolor and permanent pen.

No More Excuses Sketch Kit!

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:28:41 -0400

We all have a list of reasons why we don’t have our sketch kits with us, especially when a fabulous opportunity comes along and we have nothing to sketch with!

This video takes a look at a “No Excuse” sketch kit—it’s light, it’s compact and it’s easy to use! Beware though, once you watch it, those old “excuses” won’t work anymore!

Tips & Techniques: Waterbrushes

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:46:34 -0400

Using a waterbrush could easily revolutionize not only how you paint but when and where! Waterbrushes all have personalities—some are very generous with the water and others...not so much.

Playing on a piece of scrap paper will go a long way towards making friends with this tool. Then you’ll wonder how you ever managed without it!

Painting a White Bird House

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:43:47 -0400

Painting white objects on a white piece of paper?! It can be done! Look closely at the next white bird house you see...is it really white? Or is it a combination of greys, blues, greens, and maybe some brown?

White is seldom truly white. There are almost always other colors present. Add this to a few tricks to fool the eye and you’ll have white objects on your paper in no time.