Demonstration of Painting Digital Watercolours Technique

New Technique for translucent petals with digital watercolours

I tried this today because I wanted the light to seem to be coming through the layers more.   "Translucent: allowing light to pass through, but only diffusely, so that objects on the other side cannot be clearly distinguished."  Just checked the dictionary in Word for a definition to…(continue reading)

Part Two Winter Birches Digital Watercolour Demonstration in Progress

Tweet      Link to Part One Part One Winter Birches - Why I used a Value Study to Paint Snow.   Part Two: the first thing I did was resize my document to 15.25 x 11.5 in.  100 ppi to make it fit a standard sized mat.  then I made a Quick Clone…(continue reading)

After the Rain - a digitally painted watercolour tutorial.

Tweet                 I haven't had a chance to do a painting from start to finish for awhile. This one didn't turn out quite the way I envisioned, but since I went to all the trouble of doing screen captures and explanations I…(continue reading)

Incorporating Dry Brushes Into Your Digital Watercolour Workflow

Tweet   This concept gives me a little bit of trouble as a digital watercolourist.  I really try to use only the watercolour variants in my paintings. I sketch in pencil, which sometimes ends up staying. I occasionally use liquid ink for splashing water. …(continue reading)

Painting a Sky Wash and Some Storm Clouds with Digital Watercolours - Includes Custom Staple Brushes

Tweet        There are six (plus one) of my custom digital watercolour brushes in this post with screen captures of the brush settings and two (plus one) useful TIPS.   This is just a quick study of some stormy clouds on a blue sky to:   …(continue reading)