You have your style of art. I have mine. That’s great. We don’t have to have the same style of art. We don’t even have to overlap. However, I strongly believe that the artists who make it have a different mindset than the ones who don’t. So I’ll be writing Read more…
Maintenance. Whatever you do, you have to maintain your tools. This could apply to anything from being a car mechanic to a hairdresser. If you don’t take care of your tools, your tools won’t work right for you. The same applies to artists. You have to take care of your Read more…
I started my art career as a cartoonist in 2003. I had a friend of mine who was a professional writer for Hollywood. He had a day job because he simply didn’t make enough money selling scripts. I don’t know how old you are, but if you’re anywhere my age, Read more…
I earlier wrote an article about what is gouache. Now I’ll list several of gouache’s strengths. Keep in mind that from my perspective, you want to use tools for what they’re made for. If a tool has certain strengths but you have another tool that is better at other strengths, Read more…
I used to work with a guy who almost majored in Art. In his case, he really, really wanted to do Art but got scared and switched to a more “monetary” major halfway thru college. And ironically, the first time I mentioned gouache, he asked “what the f- is gouache?” Read more…
When you’re starting your watercolor journey, you really don’t need to start with a million different paints. You really only need three – yellow, red, and blue. Why those three? Because you can mix every other color from those three. “What about white?” You get white by simply leaving the Read more…
Until it happened, I’ve only read about getting mold in your watercolor tubes. I never thought it would happen to me. Until it did. I opened up my tube of black gouache and yuck! Fuzzy white stuff. I knew what it was immediately and promptly threw out the tube. Luckily, Read more…
It’s weird. I was a musician all the way back to the late 80s. And I’ve found a bit of overlap between common mistakes beginning musicians make and common mistakes beginning watercolor artists make. For instance, everyone in the late 80s wanted to play guitar. I watched the same pattern Read more…
I have a very weird confession to you. I actually don’t like most watercolor artists. I don’t like how their watercolors look. They look too plain. Too dead. Too subdued. I don’t even see myself as a watercolor painter. Rather, I’ve always seen myself as an artist. I just happen Read more…
Does the brand of watercolor paints you use matter? Short answer? Yes. Long answer, kind of. You’ll find that there are two types of watercolor paints. You have student grade paints. And you have professional grade paints. The student grade paints have less pigment and when possible, cheaper ingredients. That’s Read more…