Links to Learn From
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RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE
RESOURCES FOR MEMBERS
DEMO: BRIENNE BROWN BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE
DEMO: BRIENNE BROWN SHARES LANDSCAPE PAINTING TECHNIQUES THAT INSPIRE (24 min)
DEMO: CASTAGNET, PEKEL, & ZBUKVIC PAINT PAINT TOGETHER (24 min.)
Watch the 3 masters paint one giant painting, energetically moving around one another.
WATERACOLOR BRUSHES EXPLAINED WITH MARGOT HALLAC (29 min.)
Margot Hallac’s video explores everything you need to know about choosing the best brush for your personal painting style.
DEMO: LINDA BAKER: POURING WATERCOLOR DEMO (17 min.)
LEARN: SPECIAL TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING TEXTURE (18 min.)
From Karen Rice Art. Learn how Karen creates texture on natural objects.
LEARN: ESSENTIAL TIPS FOR MIXING WATERCOLORS WITH LOUISE DE MASI (20 min.)
LEARN: HOW TO FLATTEN A WARPED PAINTING & MAKING YOUR OWN WATERCOLOR BLOCK WITH ERIC LIN (8 min.)
LEARN: APPLYING MASKING FLUID (6.5 min.)
LEARN | DEMO: A CHILD’S WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT (52 min.)
LEARN: “SILVER BRUSH LIMITED” BRUSH CARE (44 min.)
LEARN: HOW TO RESHAPE A FLY-AWAY BRUSH (2 min.)
LEARN: MIXING SKIN TONES IN WATERCOLOR (22 min.)
LEARN: HOW TO MAKE A GRADED WASH (2 min.)
LEARN: INTRODUCTION TO WATERCOLOR
RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE
Articles
ALL ABOUT PAYNE’S GRAY, AND THE RECIPE!
by Michael Townsend and Golden Artist Colors, Inc. There is an innovative Payne behind Payne's Gray. Here is the history of this versatile, popular...
HOW TO CRITIQUE YOUR OWN ART
by Robert Moore After more than twenty years of doing art critiques I have found ten areas to be the most important. 1. Are the masses large,...
Framing Your Art Without Glass
by Renee St. Peter. EXPLORING FRAMING OPTIONS. There is a lot of conversation happening regarding framing watercolors without the use of glass. This...
Tips From Six Well Know Jurors
By Sarah Love Published 2018, Just Prior to the NWWS 75th Anniversary Celebration Have you been painting away, going to workshops to learn how to...
Why I Paint
The following article was published in Fortune Magazine in 2013. It is still relevant and inspiring in 2023. Above: Sir Michael Moritz, painting, on...
How to Enter an Exhibition
As a past digital curator and current catalog designer for NWWS, I have downloaded images of exhibition entries for years. It’s exciting and fun to...
Understanding Originality for Exhibitions
We all want our work to be noted for its originality. Selecting what you will paint and why you will paint it is integral to originality, and most...
Art Resources
Weekly, on-line magazine featuring many familiar watercolor artists.
www.americanwatercolor.net
Daniel Smith Artist Materials instructional videos and product information.
www.danielsmith.com/blogs
All about the business of being an artist.
www.reddotblog.com
Twice weekly letters of loving art and much more.
www.painterskeys.com
Interactions and information from an art community, and newsletter.
www.wetcanvas.com
www.artistsnetwork.com
M.Graham’s product, how-to, and educational information.
www.mgraham.com
Golden Artist Colors’ product how-to, and educational information.
www.justpaint.org
Blog with a wide variety of topics of interest to artists.
www.informedcollector.com
Subscribe to Winsor & Newton short, instructional videos.
www.winsornewton.com/uk/masterclass-collection
The Golden Age: Painting & Illustration 1850-1950
A collective of professional artists, art educators, chemists, historians and curators based in 12 countries.
THE FINE ART COLLECTIVE
RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE
ALL ABOUT PAYNE’S GRAY, AND THE RECIPE!
by Michael Townsend and Golden Artist Colors, Inc. There is an innovative Payne behind Payne's Gray. Here is the history of this versatile, popular...
HOW TO CRITIQUE YOUR OWN ART
by Robert Moore After more than twenty years of doing art critiques I have found ten areas to be the most important. 1. Are the masses large,...
Framing Your Art Without Glass
by Renee St. Peter. EXPLORING FRAMING OPTIONS. There is a lot of conversation happening regarding framing watercolors without the use of glass. This...
Tips From Six Well Know Jurors
By Sarah Love Published 2018, Just Prior to the NWWS 75th Anniversary Celebration Have you been painting away, going to workshops to learn how to...
Why I Paint
The following article was published in Fortune Magazine in 2013. It is still relevant and inspiring in 2023. Above: Sir Michael Moritz, painting, on...
How to Enter an Exhibition
As a past digital curator and current catalog designer for NWWS, I have downloaded images of exhibition entries for years. It’s exciting and fun to...
Understanding Originality for Exhibitions
We all want our work to be noted for its originality. Selecting what you will paint and why you will paint it is integral to originality, and most...
Weekly, on-line magazine featuring many familiar watercolor artists.
www.americanwatercolor.net
Daniel Smith Artist Materials instructional videos and product information.
www.danielsmith.com/blogs
All about the business of being an artist.
www.reddotblog.com
Twice weekly letters of loving art and much more.
www.painterskeys.com
Interactions and information from an art community, and newsletter.
www.wetcanvas.com
www.artistsnetwork.com
M.Graham’s product, how-to, and educational information.
www.mgraham.com/blog
Golden Artist Colors’ product how-to, and educational information.
www.justpaint.org
Blog with a wide variety of topics of interest to artists.
www.informedcollector.com
Subscribe to Winsor & Newton short, instructional videos.
www.winsornewton.com/uk/masterclass-collection
The Golden Age: Painting & Illustration 1850-1950
A collective of professional artists, art educators, chemists, historians and curators based in 12 countries.
THE FINE ART COLLECTIVE