tips

Trusting your senses

Plein air, Watercolor / January 15, 2022 / Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, plein air, student, tips, watercolor

In the few posts I’ve made on this blog, I’ve been an advocate for plein air painting — which is painting on location, rather than working from reference photos. I think plein air and “from life” work is important because of the advancements I saw in myself and in my work once I started painting […]

Trusting your senses Read More »

Why watercolor?

Watercolor / July 25, 2021 / student, tips, watercolor

I fell in love with watercolor the moment my high school art teacher introduced it. Our lesson was to take a pile of cardboard boxes, draw them, and paint them in watercolor, using just one color: brown. This seemingly simple lesson taught me these basic watercolor principles: Depicting values is critical You have to reserve

Why watercolor? Read More »