Watercolor Demo of a Dog Portrait

Golden Retriever by Ron Krajewski

Self-taught artist Ron Krajewski (Dog Art Studio) shares his technique for painting pet portraits with watercolor.  He also paints with acrylics.  See more at ronkrajewski.com

Joyce Hicks 'Homestead' Watercolor Demo

Artist and author Joyce Hicks is known for her romantic cottage, country and coastal scenes.   In this 17 minute speed-painting video, Hicks demonstrates her watercolor technique,   Hicks says: "I’ve always been able to see places and things in an idealistic way, but it wasn’t until I discovered painting that I was able to express and interpret this personal view. My art is not always a true rendition of what is actually there but how I wish it could be. If the old white homestead is a bit neglected, then I will just capture it in sunlight to discover its real beauty. If there is only one withered rose on the old trellis then why not one hundred in full bloom?"

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Watercolor Demo: House in the Mist

The subject for John Lovett's watercolor and gouache demonstration is a beautiful old house looking over Sydney Harbour. In the photograph it looks a little lost, tucked in amongst all the other houses and overpowered by a collection of boats. With this painting we will try and give the house a more mysterious atmosphere by simplifying the composition and using a wash of white Gouache.

Joyce Hicks Watercolor Painting Demo

Joyce Hicks is known for her watercolors of rural scenes with cottages and farmhouses.  In this video Joyce demonstrates the above painting of a house on a hill.

Paint a Cat in 3 Easy Steps

Jo Mackenzie explains 3 steps to creating watercolor cat portraits.

Paint a Dog in 4 Easy Steps

Jo Mackenzie explains the 4 steps she uses to paint watercolor dog portraits.

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Floral Watercolor Time Lapse Demonstration

Floral watercolor time lapse demonstration by Amy Hautman. A three day watercolor painting time lapsed into a 3 minute demonstration. Watch a garden of purple, white and yellow pansies appear before your very eyes!

How to Paint a Portrait with Watercolor

In this portrait painting handout (PDF), Jan Kunz shows us how to paint the above portrait using watercolors.   She explains placement of features, analysis of shadow shapes and modeling of facial planes.

Rusty Old Truck Watercolor Demo

A brief slideshow demo from Brenda Swenson showing the steps she used to create this watercolor painting of an old rusted and dented 1946 Chevrolet pick-up.  Brenda says:  "I have been fascinated with these old vehicles for years and a large body of my work represents them.... I was captivated with the way the light streamed across the front of the fender and grill."

Watercolor Demo by Paul Talbot-Greaves

This watercolor painting of the old Pennine Inn by professional artist and tutor Paul Talbot-Greaves is a good example of how to create drama and depth in a painting. He also makes great use of the stone wall as a lead-in to the center of interest. This painting took around two hours to complete. It was done on Saunders Waterford 300lb rough paper.   Time-lapse video demo below.

Autumn Fairy by Linda Ravenscroft

This lovely autumn fairy sitting among the just-turning leaves is painted by Linda Ravenscrof using several techniques. Layers of thin acrylic washes (glazing) create the dark tones and rich colors of the background. Pen and watercolor for the figure

Woven Strawberry - Watercolor Weaving

Looking for something different to do?   Kay Smith presents a unique way to create texture in your paintings.   This demo is a very large strawberry painted twice on separate 140 lb cold press paper, then cut one into horizontal strips and the other into vertical strips to weave together. This "Watercolor Weaving" tutorial shows the step progression from beginning to end so that you may get up the courage to try a weaving yourself.

How to Paint Dramatic Light

Fremont Nights, 24"x30", Oil by Patrick Howe

   

In this two part series, Seattle artist Patrick Howe shows you how to paint scenes full of light. Patrick works in both oils and watercolor.  In this episode he looks at an evening cityscape in oils.  Patrick begins this vibrant street scene by explaining the

Perfect Penguins

The Lunch Queue by Fiona Peart

In this step by step demonstration, Fiona Peart creates wonderful watercolour washes to capture these rather proud looking penguins.  Fiona says: "I like to use a limited palette for most of my paintings, as I find this leads to a more luminous result and avoids muddy colour mixes".

Improve Your Trees with Terry Harrison

The Way Through, watercolo

Brush up on your tree painting skills with Terry Harrison! In this 3-part video, Harrison brings you his secrets to painting great trees in your autumn and winter landscapes.  Two different demonstrations are shown.

Peace Rose in Watercolor

In this lesson, you will learn how to paint a light-colored rose of two colors; pink and yellow. You will learn which colors make warm and cool shadows, as well as which colors will deepen the values.   Dawn McLleod Heim has provided step by steps instructions and a line drawing for this rose.

Lian Zhen's Floral Painting Techniques

The watercolor painting demonstration on this page shows Lian Zhen's floral painting techniques....a combination of poured watercolors and brushwork.

Keeping Color Alive

October Wind, watercolor

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Artist Carl Dalio shares his winning formula for landscapes that pulse with energy in this article reprinted from Artist's Magazine (PDF).  Dalio says:  "To give my landscapes maximum impact, I remove extraneous detail, then focus on energetic

How To Paint Watercolour White Roses

Demonstration in watercolour by Trevor Waugh: Painting White Roses. A soothing and relaxing video watching Trevor paint "Swan Lake" roses. Loose handling of the medium with no drawing or guidelines ! Accompanied by an original soundtrack written and performed by Trevor.

Watercolour demonstration by Paul Talbot-Greaves

Watercolor, Paul Talbot-Greaves

The Farsley and District Art Club in the UK shares some step-by-step photos of a watercolor demonstration by artist-author-instructor  Paul Talbot-Greaves .  Subject of painting is the tree-shaded lane shown above.