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Barbara Simmons: Watercolor Tips - an archive of watercolor tips and instruction on artistic principles, covering such topics as color dominance, composition editing, composition with a model, focal area, gradation, guidelines for creating a successful painting, making darks in watercolor, mixing color, negative space, positive shapes, principles & elements of design, semi-neutral or neutral colors, the design principle dominance, the light source, the tetrad, the third tetrad, warm/cool relationships, working with a large pallette selection, working with photo references and more
FARP: Watercolor Technique - a brief illustrated, instructional overview of the techniques of watercolour painting, covering the supplies needed, the the wash, opaque, erasing and tinting techniques, miscellaneous hints and more
handprint : watercolors - illustrated guides to a range of topics on watercolor painting, covering watercolor papers, how to test watercolor papers, how papers are made, preparing papers for painting, stretching papers, storing, mounting & framing, watercolor brushes, brush types & construction, selecting brushes, brush care & storage, other application tools, how watercolor paints are made, how to test watercolor paints, color psychology, color mixing theories, color wheels, mixing with a color wheel, tonal value, exploring a paint wheel, watercolor palette types, laying a wash, painting outdoors and more
John Lovett: Painting Lessons - a collection of painting instructions, watercolour lessons, notes on design and colour and other information on techniques and materials, with specific instructions for painting hats, using compound colours,getting started with watercolours, industrial stuff, painting shadows, design elements and principles, colour theory, landscape, repetition, planning washes, painting skies, tonal contrast, painting trees, what to include, direction, texture, photography and more
Peter Saw: Watercolour Tips - a collection of illustrated instructional tips and resources for watercolour painters, including a general introduction to watercolour for beginners, watercolour terminology, step by step demonstrations of a simple landscape and other nature scenes, tutorials on composition, colour & the colour wheel, colours in watercolour & colour mixing and more
Rod's Watercolour Painting Demos - step-by-step illustrated lessons on specific watercolor painting subjects, including instruction on how to paint magnolias, roses, a bowl of fruit, a garden fairy and more
Susie's Watercolor Tips - step-by-step photo-enhanced guides to various watercolor painting techniques, covering how to paint dew or water drops in watercolor, footprints in the sand, deciduous trees using a paper towel, sand and beach grasses, heavy snow on evergreens, white trees in the snow, how to paint texture on tree trunks with a credit card, how to test watercolor paints for transparency and staining properties, how to use watermarks to create blooms and more
Watercolor & Watermedia Tips & Demos - a collection of tips and tricks for watercolour techniques, including such topics as "Creating Depth with Value Changes", "Creating White Areas", "Using Value Contrasts Effectively", "Abstracting from Nature", "Textural Effects for Watercolor", "Glazing with Watercolor", "Exploring Sedimentary Pigments", "Choosing A Palette of Colors", "Hard, Soft and Lost Edges in Watercolor", "Practicing Your Brushwork", "Making and Using Stamps" and more
Watercolor and More: How Did You Paint That? - brief, illustrated instructional overviews on how specific watercolor paintings and watercolor effects were created, with instruction on how to paint a watercolor leaf, watercolor snow and more
Watercolor Painting Tutorials - illustrated online watercolor painting tutorials, cover such topics as how to create interesting effects with water drops, table salt, tissue paper, plastic wrap, how to dry your watercolor paintings with blow dryer, how to use wax-based media for watercolor resist technique, how to create alcohol watercolor textures, as well as step-by-step instructions on how to paint a purple iris, white barn, tree, line of pines and more
Watercolor Sketch: Art Instruction - illustrated guidesheets on watercolor painting and visual art concepts, covering such topics as colors values, how to make interesting shapes, how to use a value range, positive and negative shapes, seeing shapes rather than things, the color wheel, using clear values and shapes and more
Watercolor-Online Articles and Tutorials - a collection of instructional material from a variety of authors, including "Make your Watercolors Look Professional", "The difference between "Mixing" and "Visual" complements", "How to paint Backward", "Facts about Watercolor Palettes", "Design Awareness" and more
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Video Series for Beginning Watercolor Painters Complete Set Volumes 1 through 5
** You can find the above instructional videos in Dick Blick's "Books/Media" department under "Watercolors"
** You can find the above instructional videos in Dick Blick's "Books/Media" department under "Oil Painting"
** You can find the above instructional videos in Dick Blick's "Books/Media" department under "Portraiture and People"
** You can find the above instructional video in Dick Blick's "Books/Media" department under "Pastels"
** You can find the above instructional videos in Dick Blick's "Books/Media" department under "Decorative and Tole Painting"
** You can find the above instructional video in Dick Blick's "Books/Media" department under "Painting"
** You can find the above instructional videos in Dick Blick's "Books/Media" department under "Art Education and Instruction"
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