Watercolor Painting Demonstration – Fluffy Young Duckling

About the Artist

My name is Dawn McLeod Heim, author of the book “Step-by-Step Guide to Painting Realistic Watercolors“.
Over the years I have had numerous inquiries and requests to create a website not only geared towards learning how to paint watercolor in a realistic manner, but also a place that fellow watercolor enthusiasts can have the opportunity to purchase and paint the class projects that I have taught my students.
My Website: http://www.watercolorpaintingandprojects.com/

Gaining a better understanding

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Watercolor Techniques – Learn How To Paint with Watercolors

Watercolor painting is a very exciting medium. It’s easy to get started. All you really need is some paint, a few brushes, some water and paper and you are good to go. It is one of the most convenient painting mediums in existence to day. It is no wonder why it is such a popular option for beginners. Of course, you are going to need some advice and direction in order to get started, so I put together this post that covers some of the more basic .

I have also included several excellent videos that demonstration watercolor painting techniques below. Enjoy!

Basic Watercolor Techniques

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A Series of Drawing & Watercolor Painting Lessons by Mara Mattia

Here is a wonderful series of drawing and watercolor lessons I discovered from a very talented artist by the name of Mara Mattia. I have provided links to these drawing and watercolor lessons below for your convenience. I found these lessons to be very helpful and I am sure you will enjoy them as well.

Lesson #1 awareness (Lines)

Lesson #2 Lines Continued

Lesson #3 Shading and Dots

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Watercolor Brushwork Lesson By Steve Fleming

About Steve

I am an artist and teacher who primarily works in watercolor. I have been painting for nearly 35 years, and teaching for 14. I believe that the goal of art should be a creative interpretation of the world around us and not the perfect rendering of what we see. I also strongly hold that art is a process not just a product. We should spend more time involved in the making and experiencing our art and less time worrying about the successful marketing of the piece we are working on. Good art is the result of hard work and dedication, but it only happens when the artists finds their own story to tell.

Please click here to visit Steve’s website to learn more about him and to view his work.

Brushwork

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Getting to Know Your Watercolor Palette By Angela Fehr

About Angela

Drawn to the eloquence found in nature’s simple beauty, Canadian watercolor artist Angela Fehr has lived in Papua New Guinea, the United States and Canada.

A self-taught artist, today Fehr lives with her family in northern British Columbia, Canada, where she is the home educator of her three children and celebrates the small wonders of our world in her vivid floral paintings and tranquil landscapes.  Not content with simply painting, Angela lives the creative life daily, scrapbooking, writing, painting nostalgic wooden signs and crafting with her children.

Original art by Angela Fehr can be purchased online here or at Picture Perfect Gallery in Grande Prairie, Alberta.  Angela exhibits twice yearly with the South Peace Art Society in Dawson Creek, British Columbia.

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Watercolor Instruction Videos – How to Paint Trees In Watercolor

Painting Watercolor Trees – Painting Summer Trees

The following watercolor painting video is courtesy of Bob Davies. Thanks for sharing this lesson Bob! You can learn more about Bob and view more of his watercolor videos by following this link.

The following is a two part video lesson of how to paint trees using watercolours.  The first video talks about how to mix greens and also covers how to produce realistic summer and evergreen tree shapes.

The second video tutorial shows how to paint trees in watercolor – this time summer trees. In this part, we look at a summer tree in full leaf as part of a warm, sunny landscape. Hints about using colors to create sunlight and shadows and using the trees to frame a building. Puts into practice the tips contained in Part A of Painting Summer Trees…

Painting Watercolour Trees – Painting Summer Trees (Part A)

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Step by Step Watercolor Painting By Alistair Butt

Below is a wonderful step by step by the very talented artist Alistair Butt. Please take a moment to visit Alistair’s site when you are finished reading through this demonstration. There a handful of other demonstrations on his website, tips on painting supplies, limited edition prints for sale and more.

Alistair Butt Alistair Butt’s paintings are principally of coastal and landscape scenes, with a distinctive feature of his work being the skilful way that he includes interesting detail yet without compromising the sense of mood and the special qualities of light. His style is true to the great traditions of British landscape painting, and indeed all his inspiration comes from subjects within the UK. “From Cornwall and Kent to Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales, each area provides an endless source of material for my paintings, and each has its own identity and feeling,” he says.

Stage One

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