Watercolour
Watercolour is a highly popular choice of medium for many artists and can be used to produce both soft and bold effects. Easy to mix and apply, you can build them up quickly with very little drying time in between. If you are new to watercolour painting, take a look at our ultimate guide for beginners, then get creative with wet-in-wet and wet-on-dry techniques and more with our great range of watercolour tips, techniques and demonstrations from top watercolour tutors.
How to Paint Wet-in-Wet Watercolours
Alan Oliver shows you how to add energy, colour and depth to your landscape paintings.
How to Paint English Country Watercolour Landscapes
Watercolour artist Steve Hall provides two step-by-step demonstrations revealing the approach he uses for his atmospheric paintings of English landscapes
Creating texture in pastel and acrylic
Sarah Bee uses pastels with acrylics to achieve her distinctive landscape compositions
Painting shadows in watercolour
Arnold Lowrey explores the effects that shadows have on a painting. Looking at how to paint the form, direction, tonal values, size and colour of shadows in your pictures.
How to Paint Cows in Watercolour
Learn how to paint in a way that captures the character - as well as the form - of an animal with Andrew Boult
How to use solid watercolour sticks
Develop your skills with Tim Fisher using solid sticks of watercolour both to draw and paint your still life