Hazel Soan: The Essence of WatercolourHazel Soan introduces a series of watercolor painting lessons as she takes subjects ranging from flowers, apples, animals, and people and explains how to get the freshest, strongest, cleanest color in watercolor. Her watercolor painting style is direct, with little preliminary drawing. Her casual approach makes learning this critical information fun and very rewarding. Hazel encourages you to explore the properties of watercolor and gives an insight

Further Define the Face

Follow step-by-step instruction from Sarah Parks to learn how to capture realistic figures

inspired by nature

What you should AVOID when you start out painting figures

you'll quickly move beyond these barriers and think and do things more quickly and efficiently

We all know that it’s very difficult to resist a painting that is full of light — we’re all captivated by that special brilliance and we can’t wait to see what the artist is showing off in the light

Learn more about Carrie SchmittCarrie Schmitt is an expressive floral artist and author of Painted Blossoms: Creating Expressive Flower Art with Mixed Media (North Light

entertaining delivery is chock full of humor

Section 6: Master Copy as Inspiriation

and see the difference it will make in your understanding of the processes used by the Old Masters

It is important to mentally organize your scene and simplifiy

Materials & Prep–brief review of the paints and brushes Michael uses and insights into why