A few ways to get an ethereal textural vibe in your watercolour painting.
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Select your pen carefully if you want it underneath a watercolour painting.
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Daisies are a great way to practice reductive drawing!
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Have you tried permanent pen and watercolour?
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It’s very hot here in the U.K. and getting hotter over the next two days. So here is how to draw a refreshing cold icy glass of water.
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If you like the vintage style artwork of the 1930s-50s, try using gouache.
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Bubbles are so fun to paint, and soft pastels are the perfect medium to do it!
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A beach scene in water mixable oil.
Using Seawhite of Brighton’s newest paint!
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Have you used a coloured underpainting in your acrylic art before? Which colour did you use? Have you tried raw sienna for a more vintage look?
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What is an angle shader brush, and how to you load and use it?
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I do love a limited palette! It brings so much harmony to a painting and is a great way to brush up your colour mixing skills.
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There are many ways you can add highlights to a watercolour painting, and here are the most popular.
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Using a variety of green mixing can really help a painting come to life.
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Drawing cylindrical objects can be tricky, but hopefully this will help make it easier.
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How to load a rigger brush for watercolour painting
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Drawing a fox head in pencil
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This is a fun exercise, and the strength of the underpainting can make the objects appear deeper and further back underwater.
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It was so lovely to paint this iconic Welsh view of Anglesey!
Dw i’n wedi caru’r peintio’r llun o’r Tŵr Mawr yn Ynys Môn. 🏴
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This one change may just help give you enough paint mixes to finish a sky before it dries, and give you stinger colours!
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Making things look out of focus in pencil
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Here’s how I painted the shark in acrylics.
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Sometimes things don’t go as planned. The skill is having enough technique knowledge to make a bad decision look planned!
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Try this method when painting coloured glass in watercolour.
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Sketching an old barn in pencil
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You may have just found your next favourite brush!
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Just how versatile is a 2B pencil?
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Using water soluble pen to create an animal skull.
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Create a simple textured tree trunk. All you need is a graphite stick, 7B pencil, and a paper stump.
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Using black paper with gouache is a great way to get darks in without painting them!
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It’s a bank holiday here in the U.K., so a day of slowing things down. So here is a stripped back relaxing version of one of my speed paintings. No dialogue, just birdsong and a minute of creative relaxation.
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