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How to Paint Skies in Watercolour with John Mitchell
In this extract from an article entitled Panoramic Skies, John Mitchell explains the relative merits of various media for painting skies.
How to Combine Art Media for Texture and Effect with Joanne Boon Thomas
Joanne Boon Thomas explains how experimenting with mixed media brings out a variety of effects and textures using the same subject for your painting. Including charcoal and felt-tip pen, soft pastel and watercolour, see the June 2009…
How to Keep Your Watercolour Paintings Spontaneous
Keep your paintings fresh and lively with the help of some advice from Gerald Green
How to use a palette knife for oil painting with Shane Record
Shane Record describes how he uses a palette knife and oils to paint his atmospheric pictures
How to use masking fluid for watercolour painting
Easy to follow advice on using masking fluid in your watercolour paintings, includes a step-by-step guide, using masking fluid in broad sweeps, to paint a bird in watercolour.
How to simplify shapes in watercolour
Jake Winkle urges you to keep to simple shapes in your watercolour painting.
How to make reference sketches for paintings with David Napp
David Napp demonstrates how he makes a quick pastel sketch as reference material for an oil painting.
How to Paint Quick and Simple Watercolour Pictures
Make quick and simple watercolour paintings with Hazel Soan
Low-Cost Watercolour Materials
Tony Slater looks at how to gather basic watercolour materials without too much cost. Try them out with our step-by-step demonstration of how to paint a rural landscape.