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Green Olive and Leaf

Discover how to paint a radiant green olive and lush, warm leaves in watercolor. This easy tutorial utilizes only three transparent, staining pigments to achieve beautiful depth and shine

Lillies and Glass

LIVE: 7-25 Let's paint radiant lilies in a crystal bowl! Discover how to create dramatic dark backgrounds and glowing crystal highlights using only three transparent, staining colors."

Making a brush holder

Watch me make this simple, cheap brush holder! It's nothing fancy, but it's great for keeping your brushes from rolling around.

Marigold flower

"Capture the vibrancy of this marigold: paint its beautiful, vibrant orange petals, frilly leaves, and buds using three transparent, staining colors."

Using an engraver-dremmel tool

If you have trouble saving whites or just want a tool that can create dots, highlights and textures. Try an engraving tool!

Strawberry

Join me as we paint a delightful strawberry and unlock the techniques for creating rich reds, vibrant greens, and glossy highlights. You'll learn how to achieve these effects using just three transparent, staining colors.

Watermelon Slice Easy

Learn to paint a vibrant watermelon slice with this easy tutorial! We'll explore how to create rich greens, deep dark seeds, and mouthwatering red flesh using only three transparent, staining colors

King Fisher

LIVE: 6-9-25 A beautiful and brilliant King Fisher bird with a soft out-of-focus background painted with just 3 transparent, staining colors! Photo courtesy of Les Liddle

Rusty Block and Tackle

This tutorial uses different types of salt to create the rusted effect on the hook. Painted with a limited palette of 3 transparent, staining colors.

Salt Textures

This mini "How To" tutorial uses salt to create interesting textures. Salt is great with rust, metal, stone walls, weather vanes and old fences.

Bamboo Easy

Let's paint elegant bamboo and discover how to achieve rich, vibrant greens and those characteristic twisty leaves. You'll be amazed at what you can create with just three transparent, staining colors!

Bumble Bee

Lets paint a Bumble Bee and learn how to get rich deep blacks and golden yellows. Learn how to paint with just 3 transparent, staining colors!

Pineapple Slice

Le's paint this juicy pineapple slice layer by layer. Learn how to darken yellows and create beautiful greens and browns with just 3 transparent, staining colors!

Coreopsis Flower

Le's paint this simple coreopsis flower layer by layer. Learn how to darken yellows and create beautiful greens with just 3 transparent, staining colors!

Banana simple

Le's paint this simple banana layer by layer. Learn how to darken yellows with just 3 transparent, staining colors!

Glass bottle in black and white values

Le's paint this simple glass bottle layer by layer. We will be mixing a uniform dark value and paint the bottle in black and white! Learn how easy it is to paint with just 3 colors!

Rustic Birdhouse

REPLAY is up. A rustic birdhouse with a soft out-of-focus background painted with just 3 transparent, staining colors!

Cacti Succulent

Le's paint this pretty succulent plant layer by layer. Petal by petal! Learn subtle greens and velvety grays with just 3 transparent, staining colors!

Apple Blossom Easy

Le's paint this simple Apple Blossom layer by layer. Starting with yellow and moving to red, blue and then the final dark values! Learn how easy it is to paint with just 3 colors!

Purple Coneflower Easy

Le's paint this simple cone flower layer by layer. Starting with yellow and moving to red, blue and then the final dark values! Learn how easy it is to paint with just 3 colors!

Simple Tulip

Le's paint a simple Tulip layer by layer. Starting with yellow and moving to red, blue and then the final dark values! Learn how easy it is to paint with only one color at a time.

Calla Lilly

Let's use 3 transparent staining colors to give this Calla Lilly a soft velvety finish and deep dark green leaves.

Coffee Cup

Replay. We'll create a charming scene of a coffee cup with coffee spilling realistically over the rim. Learn the art of mixing captivating grays and browns. Learn how to make "water drops" look real!

The Color of Shadows

Confused about shadows? Throw away the Paynes gray and learn to see the color of shadows!

Splitting an Image

Don't have a digital projector? This quick tutorial will show you how to use FREE image splitting apps. Split your image, download it and print each section right to your home printer or local print shop. Easy, peasy!

Drawing with Adobe Fresco

Learn how to use the Adobe Fresco App to create a line drawing that is clear and crisp for your watercolor paper!

Drawing with Procreate

Learn how to use the Procreate App to create a line drawing that is clear and crisp for your watercolor paper!

Sea Shell Easy

Let's use 3 transparent staining colors to give this sea shell a textured appearance. An easy tutorial in under 2 hours for beginners.

Green Grapes Easy

Let's use 3 transparent staining colors to give these 2 grapes and leaves a glowing appearance with fun textures. An easy tutorial in under 2 hours for beginners.

Mushroom easy

Let's use transparent staining colors to give this tiny mushroom a lifelike appearance with fun textures. An easy tutorial in under 2 hours for beginners.

Lauras Peace Rose Easy

Let's use transparent staining colors to give this beautiful peace rose a lifelike appearance. An easy tutorial in 2 hours for beginners.

White Orchid Easy

Let's use transparent staining colors to give this beautiful white Orchid a lifelike appearance. An easy tutorial under 1 hours for beginners.

Eucalyptus Leaves Easy

Let's use transparent staining colors to give Eucalyptus leaves a lifelike appearance. An easy tutorial under 1 hours for beginners.

Green Apple Slice Easy

Let's use transparent staining colors to give this Green Apple slice a lifelike appearance. An easy tutorial under 1 hours for beginners.

Fall Maple Leaf Easy

Let's use transparent staining colors to give this Maple leaf a lifelike appearance. An easy tutorial under 2 hours for beginners.

Cherries and Silver Bowl

Workshop REPLAY: A dramatic still life with Cherries and a silver bowl. Learn how to paint a dark smoky background and reflections in a silver bowl. All with 3 transparent, staining colors!

Water Lily

Replay is up! A fun watercolor still life of a water lily lily pads set against deep blue water. Learn color mixing and layering techniques and deep dark values. All with 3 colors!

Snowy Red Cardinal

Live 12-9-24. This watercolor workshop uses just 3 transparent colors to capture a stunning Cardinal on a snowy branch with a dreamy, blurred background. Learn wet-on-wet techniques and layering to create an out-of-focus background

Monthly ZOOM Classes

Thursday's live Monthly ZOOM classes! Ask questions, get answers and learn new techniques!

Pink Fuchsia Flower

Let's use transparent staining colors to give this Fuchsia flower a lifelike appearance. An easy tutorial under 2 hours for beginners.

Foxglove

Let's use transparent staining colors to give this foxglove a lifelike appearance. We'll create a beautiful color palette with cool pinks and warm greens, especially on the small buds and stems.

Summer Hollyhock

Lets paint this Summer Hollyhock with strong highlights and a beautiful dark, gray background. We will focus on the warm/cool colors around the petals and leaves. This can be painted with or without the background. All with 3 transparent colors!

Summer Cantaloupe Slice

Lets paint this Cantaloupe slice with just 3 transparent, staining colors. we are going to build our skills learning how to create texture in the rind and the saturated orange color of the cantaloupe flesh. Then on to the seeds!

Cherry Blossom and background

Lets paint this Cherry Blossom with strong backlighting and a beautiful soft gray background. We will focus on the backlighting around the blossom and the leaves. This can be painted with or without the background. All with 3 transparent colors!

Rainer cherries and cup

Paint these Rainers cherries with just 3 transparent watercolors. You will learn how to create shadows in ceramic and vibrant colors, values and harmony and deeps vibrant reds.

Matching colors Live Mini ZOOM

Skin tones? Leaf colors? Matching convenience tube colors? Lets dive in! This challenge is for you to find the best mixes for your personal images. This is all about problem solving and helping you to rethink how you look at color.

Purple Coneflower

Capture the vibrant beauty of a Purple Coneflower with this beginner-friendly watercolor tutorial! We'll use just 3 transparent, staining colors to create stunning washes for the flower, and a soft out-of-focus background.

Fuzzy Peach

Capture the summery sweetness of a fuzzy peach in this watercolor tutorial! We'll use just 3 transparent, staining colors to bring this fuzzy fruit to life. Learn how to create soft washes for the peach's skin, and layer color to build dimension.

Choosing a three color palette

Let's learn what colors we should pick and why! In this live stream its all about participation. We will be using a few different images and together, learn how your color choices affect the final outcome of your watercolor painting.

Teacup and Gladiola

REPLAY is up! Watercolor elegance in 3 colors! Paint a delicate vintage scene: an antique teacup with a vibrant gladiola, set against a soft, blurred background. This workshop tutorial uses transparent watercolors to create a luminous composition.

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