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Step 1

We discovered this little water scene while exploring the river walk around the Tonbridge Castle in southeast England. It was a quiet pastoral scene just begging to be painted.

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Step 2

I always begin my painting with a plan. this helps ensur the success of the project. In addition to my sketchbook studies, I always do a quick thumbnail sketch to sudy the value patterns. After [...]

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Step 3

After stretching my 140lb. Arches watercolor paper I tape off the edges with masking tape to create a clean finish edge for the framer. I now do a light outline drawing on the paper with a 4H [...]

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Step 4

I use a series of transparent glazes as I build up the darks in the painting. Although the water is done mostly wet-into-wet I must be careful to leave white paper show through where the [...]