Tag: watercolour
How to stretch watercolour paper
Ever painted a picture and the paper all wrinkles up on you? Here’s the solution you’ve been looking for! You probably decided water-colour painting wasn’t worth the effort because the paper crinkled. Well well, now you can go back and try again and have wonderful professional results. And it is amazing how much better a…
How to draw and paint Frank Sinatra
It would have been Frank Sinatra’s Birthday today, were he still alive. This is a fact that has been pointed out to me several times by @cardsharkington, a very long-time subscriber and possibly the most frequent commenter on my videos. He’s been asking me to do Frank Sinatra for a long time, so here he…
Pans or Tubes? Which to use for Watercolour Painting
YouTuber, Missy Den Dulk, asked me why I use pans and not tubes when I paint watercolours. Well, the answer is quite simple. I don’t do very big pictures, so pans are just fine for me. Tubes are great for when you need to make big washes on a larger painting, but they do need…