I think it’s interesting that this rainy day scene doesn’t actually involve painting raindrops. It’s about finding a way to capture the effects that all those raindrops have on the environment they are falling on.

Do you need to know how to draw in order to paint? I can see this from both sides, but my answer would be ‘no’.  In my opinion, you don’t need to know how to draw in order to paint. You especially don’t need to draw well in order to paint.

Today I’m sharing how I flatten my watercolor paintings with you. I didn’t always do it this way, but this is definitely the best way I’ve found so far!

I was asked by an email subscriber how to remove a finished painting from a watercolor block, so I figured the best way would be to share it with you on video!

In this post, I'm sharing my #1 tip for painting watercolor color mixing charts. The tip is: Use masking tape to create your grid! I used to draw the grid by hand and carefully paint the squares. But after seeing other artists use this method, I wanted to give it a try. And as it turns out, this is so much easier!

In today’s post, I’m sharing my approach to painting gradient watercolor skies. The first approach is my simple method and the second approach is a little more complex. Gradient skies serves as useful backgrounds of landscapes and are a great way to practice how to paint color transitions.

Sometimes I think about what it would be like to be one of those people that comes over and organizes your home for you. I love organizing things, but I’m pretty sure I’m not good enough to be a professional home organizer. Mostly because in the end it’s not hyper organized, it’s just organized enough so that I can find all my stuff and my space doesn’t feel crazy.

So if you’re looking for some practical organization of watercolor supplies, keep reading for how I organize my paper, brushes, paints, and palettes.

The need to find a way to organize our watercolor artwork is a real thing. Because you can’t just have all this paper laying around or stuffed in between your books on your bookshelves.

So if you want to know how I keep my stacks of painting under control, read on for my super simple system of keeping (most) of my artwork nicely organized!

I don’t know about you but I always appreciate seeing how things are made so I decided to document the process of how I make my monthly desktop wallpapers for you.

Just in case you don’t already know, I make a free monthly desktop and phone wallpaper to gift to friends on my email list. I’ve been doing this since April 2017 - shortly after I started this blog!

So you’ve bought watercolor supplies. You know they are good supplies and you’re excited to use them. You’ve got everything out on the table. But now what…are you wondering what to do next?

If you’re sitting there wondering how to actually *start* watercoloring, I’m going to give you a few ideas in today’s blog post.

The suggestions I give below are ways of getting started with watercolors that have worked for me. There are many ways to approach starting and learning with watercolors besides what I’m suggesting, but I hope that this gives you some ideas. The methods will vary based on your own personality and how you like to learn and explore new things.