Prevent watercolor paper from buckling WITHOUT stretching your paper

Making Basic Edits to Your Reference Photos

Everyone asks, "How do I paint _______ in watercolor?" Let's flip the question.

Easy DIY "Low-Stress" Watercolor Sketchbooks, Part 2

Easy DIY "Low-Stress" Sketchbooks (Part 1)

Who's the Star of the Show?

Tips for Mixing Darks and Shadow Colors in Watercolor

Metamorphosis, a Better Way to Adjust Paintings in Progress (Art Invitation for Mar 2023)

More Tips for a Consistent Sketching Practice—Don’t Try to Do It All! (at once)

Art Invitation—Try Improv Painting!

Establishing a Consistent Sketchbook Practice—Boring Scenes are Priceless!

Easily Create Circular Designs (All You Need is a Plate and Piece of Paper!)

An Alternate Method for Softening Edges in Watercolor

Take It to the Limit—A "Find Your Style" Exercise

How Do I Mix Tan? (beige/sand/fur/feathers/skin tones)

Watercolor Postcard Paint-Along (and Plan-Along): Coast Sunflowers

Avoiding Pencil Lines in Your Watercolors

Watercolor Postcard Paint-Along—Dragonfly

The Evolution of a Painting — The Moon's Web

Working in Drafts to Complete the Lighthouse Painting

What Makes It Easy or Hard to Reserve Lights & Whites in Watercolor

From Design to Plan: Figuring Out the Painting Sequence for Watercolor

How to Use Reference Photos More Creatively

Three Simple Strategies for Designing Your Own Watercolors (even if you're a beginner)

Watercolor Postcard Paint-Along: Lighted Christmas Trees at Night on a Snowy Slope

Holiday Postcard Plan-Along

How and Why to Keep a Studio Notebook

Stop Paint from Beading Up on a Plastic Watercolor Palette

What's on Your Palette? (Second Sunday Live Demo for Aug 2020, re-recorded)

Blue Bowl and Lemons