Paint a Sunflower in 6 Steps

Jo Mackenzie explains the 6 steps she uses to paint this colorful flower using watercolors.

Paint a Dog in 4 Easy Steps

Jo Mackenzie explains the 4 steps she uses to paint watercolor dog portraits.

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Floral Watercolor Time Lapse Demonstration

Floral watercolor time lapse demonstration by Amy Hautman. A three day watercolor painting time lapsed into a 3 minute demonstration. Watch a garden of purple, white and yellow pansies appear before your very eyes!

How to Paint a Portrait with Watercolor

In this portrait painting handout (PDF), Jan Kunz shows us how to paint the above portrait using watercolors.   She explains placement of features, analysis of shadow shapes and modeling of facial planes.

Rusty Old Truck Watercolor Demo

A brief slideshow demo from Brenda Swenson showing the steps she used to create this watercolor painting of an old rusted and dented 1946 Chevrolet pick-up.  Brenda says:  "I have been fascinated with these old vehicles for years and a large body of my work represents them.... I was captivated with the way the light streamed across the front of the fender and grill."

Watercolor Demo by Paul Talbot-Greaves

This watercolor painting of the old Pennine Inn by professional artist and tutor Paul Talbot-Greaves is a good example of how to create drama and depth in a painting. He also makes great use of the stone wall as a lead-in to the center of interest. This painting took around two hours to complete. It was done on Saunders Waterford 300lb rough paper.   Time-lapse video demo below.

Autumn Fairy by Linda Ravenscroft

This lovely autumn fairy sitting among the just-turning leaves is painted by Linda Ravenscrof using several techniques. Layers of thin acrylic washes (glazing) create the dark tones and rich colors of the background. Pen and watercolor for the figure
show the pale body and glowing colors of the wings to best advantage. Spattering suggests the stars emerging as the night draws in.

This demonstration is from the book How to Draw and Paint Fairies: a Step-By-Step Guide to Fairy Art by Linda Ravenscroft.  Linda has published a number of books dedicated to drawing and painting fairies.   Click on the images below for a full description of each book along with user reviews.

         

Woven Strawberry - Watercolor Weaving

Looking for something different to do?   Kay Smith presents a unique way to create texture in your paintings.   This demo is a very large strawberry painted twice on separate 140 lb cold press paper, then cut one into horizontal strips and the other into vertical strips to weave together. This "Watercolor Weaving" tutorial shows the step progression from beginning to end so that you may get up the courage to try a weaving yourself.