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Tips, Tricks, Thoughts, and inspiration from across the art spectrum.

Watercolor Training 7: Painting Wrap-Up

Watercolor Training 7: Painting Wrap-Up

CJAS Staff

I know it's not the best painting but it's my painting and I had a really good time doing it. We did a lot of different things in it. We...

Watercolor Training 7: Painting Wrap-Up

CJAS Staff

I know it's not the best painting but it's my painting and I had a really good time doing it. We did a lot of different things in it. We...

Watercolor Training 6: Little White Lines

Watercolor Training 6: Little White Lines

CJAS Staff

I want to show you how I put fine lines into a painting because there are a variety of ways to do it. "Little White Lines"

Watercolor Training 6: Little White Lines

CJAS Staff

I want to show you how I put fine lines into a painting because there are a variety of ways to do it. "Little White Lines"

Watercolor Training 5: Painting Smoke

Watercolor Training 5: Painting Smoke

CJAS Staff

I have a little painting that needs a little life put in it because it's a little country scene of a home and a barn, a couple of outbuildings and...

Watercolor Training 5: Painting Smoke

CJAS Staff

I have a little painting that needs a little life put in it because it's a little country scene of a home and a barn, a couple of outbuildings and...

Watercolor Training 4: Painting Shadows

Watercolor Training 4: Painting Shadows

CJAS Staff

I've brought the painting almost to a conclusion and in that we've done clouds, we've done trees, we've done negative painting, positive and negative trees and now we're going to...

Watercolor Training 4: Painting Shadows

CJAS Staff

I've brought the painting almost to a conclusion and in that we've done clouds, we've done trees, we've done negative painting, positive and negative trees and now we're going to...

Watercolor Training 3: Painting Trees

Watercolor Training 3: Painting Trees

CJAS Staff

We're going to put in a clump of trees first - a huge mass of trees in the distant background. Then we will come in toward the foreground with some...

Watercolor Training 3: Painting Trees

CJAS Staff

We're going to put in a clump of trees first - a huge mass of trees in the distant background. Then we will come in toward the foreground with some...

Watercolor Training 2: Painting Clouds

Watercolor Training 2: Painting Clouds

CJAS Staff

I'd like to show you one or two approaches to clouds. People seem to want to do a lot of different skies and I do, too. They're so easy to...

Watercolor Training 2: Painting Clouds

CJAS Staff

I'd like to show you one or two approaches to clouds. People seem to want to do a lot of different skies and I do, too. They're so easy to...

Watercolor Training 1: Value Study

Watercolor Training 1: Value Study

CJAS Staff

Today, I'm going to show you how I begin the work ahead of time for a painting by doing value studies.

Watercolor Training 1: Value Study

CJAS Staff

Today, I'm going to show you how I begin the work ahead of time for a painting by doing value studies.

Joe's Watercolor Training Series

Joe's Watercolor Training Series

CJAS Staff

Follow along with Joe as he takes a painting all the way through from value study to completion, showing all the tips and techniques along the way, and even a...

Joe's Watercolor Training Series

CJAS Staff

Follow along with Joe as he takes a painting all the way through from value study to completion, showing all the tips and techniques along the way, and even a...

Using The Rigger

Using The Rigger

CJAS Staff

The little Rigger brush is one of the most fun brushes, and one of the least expensive brushes you can buy, and it's just so much fun. I'm going to...

Using The Rigger

CJAS Staff

The little Rigger brush is one of the most fun brushes, and one of the least expensive brushes you can buy, and it's just so much fun. I'm going to...

Mixing and Scraping Methods

Mixing and Scraping Methods

CJAS Staff

Most people think of mixing color in mixing it on the palette and I'm constantly hearing "I'm making mud" or "I'm making a mess." This is a way to let...

Mixing and Scraping Methods

CJAS Staff

Most people think of mixing color in mixing it on the palette and I'm constantly hearing "I'm making mud" or "I'm making a mess." This is a way to let...

Using Artists Tape

Using Artists Tape

CJAS Staff

today I would like to show you about how to use artist tape. Lots of people use artist tape and some folks tell me that when they do use it,...

Using Artists Tape

CJAS Staff

today I would like to show you about how to use artist tape. Lots of people use artist tape and some folks tell me that when they do use it,...

Value Study To Watercolor

Value Study To Watercolor

CJAS Staff

Today, I'd like to show you today how I transfer a sketch from my value study book to the watercolor paper in preparation for doing a watercolor.

Value Study To Watercolor

CJAS Staff

Today, I'd like to show you today how I transfer a sketch from my value study book to the watercolor paper in preparation for doing a watercolor.