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 portraits in watercolour
Annelise Pio shows us how to paint a lively portrait of a girl in watercolour, a great introduction to portrait painting.
Use watercolour and coloured pencils to paint a Granny Smith apple
Janie Gildow shows how to paint an apple that glows using an under-painting of watercolour and adding coloured pencil, in this extract taken from her new book 'Coloured Pencil Explorations'