Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is all about hand made watercolour pans. Artists, not that long ago, made their paints, now it is a rarity and a treasure. I found out about Wildthorne ( @wildthorne ) from an Instagram fellow artist, Andrea Garvey ( @andreagarveyart ). Andrea had received a Wildth...

Welcome to #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques ! Today is all about another watercolour technique. It is one of the easiest techniques to do: the hard edge. "The hard edge" is for painting objects that have a crisp straight line/edge. Think of the side of the house, a door, a picture frame, a table, a comput...

Did you know you can use wax as a material you can use when watercolouring? Really you can! The wax is being used like a masking technique. First, you place the wax down where you want an area to remain white. Then you take your watercolours and begin painting. This type of masking can be used for c...

Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques looks like we are doing some baking in the art studio. We are taking some coarse salt and mixing it with watercolours. This technique can give your work some texture. It is a fun technique to play with as there is some magic in the lift!

Welcome to #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques ! Hopefully you are doing well on this day. Today's technique is a continuation of the drawing techniques of the Tuesdays of past. This isn't really a certified technique but it is used by artists none the less. It is the 'squiggles.' As cute as this name sounds...

Last #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques I shared about hatching. This can be used in drawing, lino work, painting and more. Well, so can crosshatching. Crosshatching is a combination of vertical and horizontal lines. When these lines are drawn closer together, one can get a darker value, in comparison when ...