Blog & Art Tips

In my previous blog post, we made a colour wheel from an existing watercolour palette and talked about the importance of knowing colour complements. A colour’s complement is its direct...

Photographs are a funny thing. They are seemingly more accurate than paintings, but unless the photographer is a professional- there will always be something missing. The lens might...

They say “April showers bring May flowers”, but what do you do during those rainy days? While it can be seen as a gloomy day, why not turn...

One of the hardest things about learning how to paint is knowing which colours to grab to get the results that you want, especially if you have lots...

It’s like a magic trick – an illusion that makes it difficult for the eye to follow. While this is true for reflections, especially warped ones (like on...

The last time we painted together, we tackled the subject of deciduous trees. Now I’ll show you a method to draw and paint pine trees. I am tackling...

If you’re more familiar with colour theory, it’s good to learn how to use it to your advantage! So let’s take a closer look at colour temperature, and how...

Water-soluble coloured inks aren’t talked about online all that much, so many artists either don’t know about them or aren’t sure how to get started. Paintings done in...

“Do you even lift?” Well, when artists talk about “lifting”, we’re not talking about going to the gym! It’s actually a nifty technique used in watercolour painting, whether...

When I first started getting serious about illustration, there was all this talk of style and how your style is what makes your work special and desirable. It...