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Daylight Lighthouse © 2006 Gregory Conley
Daylight Lighthouse 1 Daylight Lighthouse - Part 1
Daylight Lighthouse 2 Daylight Lighthouse - Part 2
Daylight Lighthouse
4.5" x 6.5"
A walk-through in the creation of a small painting of the Lorain Lighthouse on Lake Erie.
Nighttime Lighthouse © 2006 Gregory Conley
Nighttime Lighthouse 1 Nighttime Lighthouse Part 1
Nighttime Lighthouse 2 Nighttime Lighthouse Part 2
Nighttime Lighthouse
4.5" x 6.5"
An interesting foray into nighttime lighting effects using a nautical theme, the West Break Water Lighthouse in Cleveland, OH.
Purple Iris © 2005 Gregory Conley
Iris 1 Purple Iris Part 1  |  Iris 2Purple Iris Part 2
Purple Iris
Some rather gaudy Purple Irises serve as willing subjects for working wet-in-wet and glazing for bright, colorful, results.
Line of Pines © 2005 Gregory Conley
Pines 1 Line of Pines Part 1  |  Pines 2 Line of Pines Part 2
Line of Pines
After underpainting in bright basic hues, I develop a field and the tree line in high silhouette. This was a fun experiment.
Big White Barn © 2005 Gregory Conley
Barn 1 Big White Barn Part 1  |  Barn 2 Big White Barn Part 2
White Barn
Here is a large white barn on a hillside with out buildings. Some minor drylift changes were made to one section. Watch.
Frostville Barn House © 2005 Gregory Conley
House 1 Frostville Barn House Part 1  |  House 2 Frostville Barn House Part 2
Frostville House
The Carpenter house was built circa 1830. This house is an example of the best of two-story frame houses of the Post-Colonial Period of the Western Reserve.
Ugly Purple tree © 2005 Gregory Conley
Tree 1 Frisket Tree Part 1  |  Tree 2 Frisket Tree Part 2
Frisket Tree
A weird composition, but a fun painting to build using liquid frisket technique. I used some interesting all over glazing techniques and a lot of detailed and textured brushwork.
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Sunlight in Southern France
Step-by-Step Watercolours
by Allan Kirk of Tarnincolour.com painting Holidays.

Tower St. Martin, Soreze step-by-step watercolour © 2009 Allan Kirk
"Tower St. Martin, Soreze"
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Tower St. Martin, Soreze

Allan Kirk's step-by-step exercise demonstrates how to select and arrange elements of your painting.

Starting with loose underpainting, the shadows, depth and detail of an old medieval street emerge.


Detail of Blue Window step-by-step watercolour © 2008 Allan Kirk
Detail of "Blue Window"
Blue Window

Allan Kirk's impressionistic watercolour exercise shows how to capture light and present the beauty that can be found in the simplest of subjects. The composition is brought to life by the way transparent watercolour is used to reflect the strong light and dark tones found under the southern French sun.

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More FREE online Watercolor demos from other artists on the internet
Belcanto Tulip
Golden Wood

Mountain Stream
Acadia Pines
Live Oak Drive
Mother & Daughter
Halloween Fairy
Sonoma Vineyard
Church Bell
Somesville Bridge
New Orleans Dusk

Strawberries

Sad Pigtails (Figurative)
Online Workshop

Birch Tree Demo

Decorative Jars
Arden Rapids off Tygart River
Swans
Snow
Snow at Arncliffe
Whitby
St. Ives
Looe
Hastings

Landscape

Homestead
Still Life (Drawing)

Pelicans in flight

Spring Ballet

Old Truck

Mercado de Pisac

Johannes Vloothuis
Winter Trees
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Dog Portrait Demo

Painting A Yellow Apple
Painting A Bagel
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Watercolor Portrait of a Woman
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Mary Churchill
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Watercolor Introduction

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Ellen Fountain, NWS
www.fountainstudio.com
Available Watercolor Lessons: Select A Watercolor Painting Topic: Getting Started: Basic Watercolor Supplies, Basic Color Mixing (Updated Nov 2004), Paint Qualities & Characteristics, Enlarging Your Sketches, Creating Depth with Value Changes, Creating White Areas, Creating Dominance with Hue, Value & Intensity, Painting with a Limited Palette Updated Nov 2004, Using Value Contrasts Effectively , Textural Effects for Watercolor, Painting a Still Life with Fabric, Exploring Sedimentary Pigments, Using Stencils with Watercolor, Spacial Emphasis in Reference Photos, Choosing A Palette of Colors (Updated Nov 2004), Hard, Soft and "Lost" Edges in Watercolor, Practicing Your Brushwork, Making and Using Stamps, Limber Up your Imagination, Abstracting from Nature, Glazing with Watercolor. More.
Other Instruction: Original Videos and Workbooks available.
John Lovett
www.johnlovett.com
Available Watercolor Lessons: Watercolor Techniques, Materials, Painting on Location, Tonal Contrast, Using Compound Colours, Clouds, watercolour - Getting Started, Planning Washes, Painting Hats, Industrial Stuff, Paint a Bird, Foliage, Shadows, Small Figures, Elements and Principles of Design, Photography, Colour theory, Trees, Watercolour Tips for Beginners, What to Include, Landscape Features, Texture, and Question and Answer. More.
Other Instruction: Interactive CD-ROM and 10-Minute DVDs available.
Margaret Crowley Kiggins
http://www.multimediaarts.com/watercolors/index.htm
Available Watercolor Lessons: Easy Watercolor Pinwheel Project, Portrait Demonstration in watercolor, Portrait Demonstration in watercolor #2, Demonstration on painting a landscape with a house, and Demonstration on painting a beach landscape. More.
Other instruction: History of Color, About Watercolors, Palette, and Margaret's personal Gallery.
Penny Soto
http://worldofwatercolor.com/
Available Watercolor Lessons: Penny Soto Steps to Watercolor, How to Paint Your Own Christmas Card, Petal Painting 101, A New Beginning to Painting!, Lace and Geraniums, What to Do With The Background?, Gradated Wash and Value Change with Direct Flat Field Wash, Morning Glory Blues, and Penny's Golden Rules. More.
Penny's personal site is http://pennysoto.com/
Susie Short
http://susieshort.net/watercolor-tips.html
Available Watercolor Lessons: Painting Heavy Snow on Evergreens, Autumn Greeting Cards, Holiday Cards: White Trees in Snow, Painting Sand and Beach Grasses, and Footprints in the sand, Painting Textrure on Tree Trunks, Dew Drops, Outdoor Painting Gear Tip, Rose Demo Step-by-Step, Adding Veins to Flowers, Blotted Trees, Hydrangeas, Valentine Cards: Hints, Tips and Ideas, and Tips on Assorted Flower Bed Blossoms. More.
Other instruction: VHS or DVD lessons available.
Rod Webb
http://www.wetcanvas.com/web/sites/138/rodzart/demo.html Available Watercolor Lessons: M.V. Clematis moored at Christchurch Estuary, New Zealand; Magnolia's from my backyard; Shagrock, Sumner, New Zealand; Roses; Still Life: Bowl and Apples; Bowl of Fruit. Rod's 2 available CD roms contains 26 more painting lessons and instruction. More.
Other instruction: CD-ROMS lessons and New Zealand Reference photo CD-ROMS available with various subject matter.
Creative Spotlight
http://www.creativespotlite.com/watercolor-lessons.htm
Available Watercolor Lessons: Creative Spotlight contains many free original watercolor lessons and tutorials and links to other artists lessons.

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