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.

For this particular gift tag, I picked a reference photo that I immediately felt inspired to give a try but would be more approachable if I shrunk it down and treated it like a mini watercolor illustration.

Come along for a flip-through of the pages from inside my 2022 Artful August mixed media watercolor sketchbook.

Sharing the process behind how I chose to simplify a beach waves photo into a watercolor postcard painting

Misty landscapes are great to paint with watercolors as the medium really lends itself to creating the softness and depth found in these soft hazy scenes. Here’s my process of painting a monochromatic misty landscape.

In this blog post, I bring you inside my head and explain to you the planning process and the way I approached the layers for this winter cabin watercolor painting. You can also watch a timelapse video to see my actual painting process!

If you've been around the world of watercolor for a little bit you've probably already know of the term "wet on wet".

And if you haven't, that's ok! It's one of the basic watercolor techniques that in simplest terms means applying paint onto wet paper (as opposed to dry paper).