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Click (below) to Watch Video: Join me for a late afternoon watercolor on a beach in Carmel where I'll paint 3 more watercolors and hopefully it will give you ideas on how to approach a quick plein air study. This is the continuation of my last video.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMefR2XGs7A  

Click (below) to Watch Video: Join me for a late afternoon watercolor on a beach in Carmel. In the video you’ll be able to see how I quickly captured this scene in watercolor and hopefully it will give you ideas on how to approach a quick plein air study. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUdeAwH9TOg&t=98s     It’s late afternoon [...]

Click (below) to Watch Video: Recently I spent some time doing two of my favorite things, painting in watercolor and hanging out on the beach. I brought along a brand new watercolor travel sketchbook. I’m particular about watercolor paper…as not papers perform well. That said, I was excited to give this sketchbook a try.I also have [...]

Have  you ever tried to paint Dahlia's? If so you know that they can be tricky flowers to capture in paint. I'm going to show you how to quickly capture the essence of an Orange Dahlia in watercolor in 3 Easy Steps...and then we'll continue on to practice loose wildflowers and leaves. These techniques will [...]

This plein air painting study was filmed beautiful Carmel a year ago. I'm posting it now. Hope that you find this watercolor session both relaxing and entertaining to watch. Below are my thoughts about decisions that I made while painting on location with changing lighting conditions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4OWhLrQ2wo&t=773s After sketching out a scene to the (right) [...]

Little did I know that when I began this white flower painting tutorial, it would take me one complete year to finish. I will talk more about why that happened and how I overcame the motivation block. This White Flower and Tulip watercolor was a request from a client and friend who owns several of [...]