Artist Tips, Practice Still Life

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!

Always practice something from life, just a little watercolour study every day. Like a pianist practising their scales. I love picking things from the kitchen like onions, tomatoes, whatever is around!!

How to paint clouds and sunsets in watercolour

How to paint clouds and sunsets in watercolour

I am teaching how to paint clouds in watercolour by splitting the lesson into two parts. This week we looked taking out clouds with tissue paper and working into them. Also we looked at sunsets which are notoriously difficult by simplifying them and using a layering technique.