How to Paint Atmospheric Fog in Watercolor Best Subjects for This Technique Fog effects work especially well for: Watercolor is traditionally known as a transparent medium. Most instructors teach students to preserve the white of the paper and build color through transparent layers. Even though white watercolor paints exist, the brightest highlights are usually created…
Colorful grays are created by mixing complementary colors rather than relying on premixed gray paints. These mixtures create more luminous shadows, stronger color harmony, and paintings that feel more alive. Purchase original painting or fine art prints HERE Why Your Gray Paintings Look Dull (And How to Fix Them) One of the most common mistakes…
For this painting of Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany, I had a crazy idea. I took the original photograph and made three copies. Then I stretched two of them vertically on the Y-axis and sliced the images apart before reassembling them into a single composition. I didn’t want the sections to line up perfectly. In…
