Cut Paper into a Circle

When you cut your watercolour paper into a circle before pouring, you get a 360 degree opportunity to find shapes as seen in “Contemplation” hanging in Helen and Chris’ house and “Moray Transformer” at Wendy’s.  In the latter, two...

Find the Photo Transfer

Can you spot the black and white structure in the middle of the acrylic paint? It is a photo transfer from an old, family print which I photocopied and then applied gel to the front. Once dried, I removed the paper on the back, leaving the image in the gel which I...

Professional Photographer v.s. Me

What a difference between the photos I take of my artwork with a camera, iPad or phone and the ones taken by a professional art photographer.  Dennis Campbell took a great deal of care with lighting and colour while photographing, and also later on his computer. ...

Isolating Areas

You may not like the whole painting but by isolating areas with a mat or strips of white paper, you might find smaller paintings that you love.

Rubbing Alcohol on Watercolour

Rubbing Alcohol flung onto wet watercolour dives through the paint and causes it to ripple outward in fascinating ways.

Gum Arabic

I was told years and years ago that your dried watercolour paintings could have the same intensity that they did when wet if you applied a coat of Gum Arabic.  It was only yesterday that I tried it for the first time on these samples.  I hope that you can see that the...