The real painting process begins when you take your reference photos. The high quality, the better.
But once you’ve got them, then what? How do you make your raw photos suitable for painting?
Continue reading “How to Edit References in Photoshop”Linear Perspective Made Slightly Easier
Hey guys! Today’s topic maybe isn’t the most watercolor specific, but hey, it’s drawing specific, and drawing is the foundation of everything we do.
Continue reading “Linear Perspective Made Slightly Easier”Achieving Flow: the Pomodoro Technique
I love painting faces. Every face is a new challenge. As I become more and more absorbed in the task, years of studying facial structure, expression, color theory, watercolor technique, and anatomy emerge and seamlessly offer me solutions to problems one stroke, one moment at a time. I feel like a painting superhero.
And then when it’s over, it’s…over. I go back to thinking about the energy bill or washing dishes or doing the laundry. Life continues.
This experience is common to all people, and yet it yields uncommon results. It has been called by many names, such as “the zone” or “the pocket.” Scientists have another name for it: Flow. Continue reading “Achieving Flow: the Pomodoro Technique”
How to Price Your Work
For the purpose of this article, I’m assuming that selling your work is something that you’d like to do. If you make art for love, and not for money, I respect that, but this article isn’t for you. Continue reading “How to Price Your Work”
How Big Should I Paint?
This has been a source of constant debate in my life. Let’s go through the pros and cons together, to see if we can finally put the issue to rest. Continue reading “How Big Should I Paint?”
Killer Ways to Save Time
By far, the most common reason people give me for why their painting has fallen to the wayside is that they are too busy or have no time. Totally understandable; I’m busy too. And the reasons are often perfectly legitimate: wife is pregnant, kid has the flu, working two jobs, etcetera.
To help you get back in the studio more, I’d like to offer one killer time-saving method, so you can get the daily grind over with faster and get back to painting sooner. Continue reading “Killer Ways to Save Time”