Three tutorial videos from Emma Jane Lefebvre: Beginner Watercolour Techniques. Emma Jane begins by introducing two essential watercolor techniques: gradients and blending. She demonstrates single-color gradients by starting with dark values and gradually lightening them through water control. For dual-color gradients, she shows how to blend two colors smoothly in the middle, creating transitions ideal for scenes like sunsets.
How To Paint Watercolor Snowdrops: Four video tutorials demonstrating how to paint realistic looking snowdrops with watercolor. Experienced artists demonstrate various watercolor techniques showing you how to paint a white snowdrop flower. The artists overcome the challenge of painting white flowers, noting that careful layering is crucial.
Examples of the “Snow White Snowdrop Color” — a natural chromatic reference to the historical Werner-Syme color named “Snow White”. Abraham Werner named it “Bright White” and Patrick Syme renamed it “Snow White”. Werner referenced the snowy white breast of the black headed gull, the snowdrop flower, Carrara marble, and calc sinter as examples of this pure white color.
Sometimes it’s helpful to study water color painting examples from great artists of the past. I’ve also found great benefit in watching video tutorials of watercolor painters on YouTube. (Some helpful video tutorial are included in this article.) Lately, I’ve been taking a closer look at AI generated (simulated watercolor) digital art, aka promptography.