Watercolor Painting Tutorials
This 35-minute tutorial demonstrates wet-in-wet watercolor construction from foundation wash through final details. You'll learn the timing skills needed to control watercolor's natural flow while building complex floral forms and glass surface effects.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Dive into a step-by-step guide for painting abstract acrylic flowers. Includes video tutorial. Unlock secrets to creating loose floral artwork.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Paint an expressive acrylic still life using loose brushwork and layered color. Learn painterly techniques to capture light and atmosphere in a simple interior scene.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
Learn systematic watercolor face study techniques. Master progressive build-up methods, strategic color mixing, and character development through selective detail placement.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
Before teaching watercolor shading, I shucked scallops on a 100ft boat 12 hours a day. Those chaotic nights taught me everything about steady hands and working with unpredictable conditions - skills that translate perfectly to mastering wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry watercolor techniques.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Turn scrap collage paper into vibrant art with this fun mixed media fish painting tutorial. Follow along as we create two colorful fish paintings at once using acrylics, recycled paper, and a playful, loose approach.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
This tutorial breaks down the systematic approach to building a cityscape using acrylics, collage and layered construction techniques.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
Watercolor brushes aren’t cheap. Here’s my no-fluff system for cleaning, reshaping, and storing them so they last for years instead of months.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
Setting up a watercolor palette isn’t rocket science. Start structured so you can learn the basics, then break the rules and find your own way. Here’s how I do it in the garage studio.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Turn old sketches into vibrant art with this mixed media flower painting tutorial. See how acrylics, collage, and simple design choices create a lively floral still life.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
Most watercolor artists think they need a dozen different brushes. I thought that too, until I discovered the Sword brush in my garage studio experiments.
Loose & Expressive Painting Techniques
I chased abstract art, but this site’s real story is loose & expressive painting. In this beginner’s guide, I’ll share how that shift began—and show you simple, lively techniques for watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media.