Well, maybe these pails and shovels are child’s play for little kids at the beach but this still life posed some tough problems for the watercolour painters. One student described it as “f… more →
Barry Coombs Art Workshopswrote 5 days ago: Well, maybe these pails and shovels are child’s play for little kids at the beach but this sti … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Happy Monday folks! I think this is going to be a good day! We seem to be in the midst of a spring t … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Watercolors: lesson one – “Watercolor paints are AFRAID of paper” While introduc … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Here is a simple watercolor project. The free printable includes all the steps for accomplishing th … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Shapes and colours! I started each class on Tuesday saying that I wasn’t interested in reflect … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This painting is about ready to be glazed. See my next post to see the various ways I used glazes to … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The Softened Edge Stroke In watercolor it is sometimes challenging to be able to control soft and cr … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It has been quite a while since I posted a complete lesson with the references available, so I thou … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Our apples from Saturday class are back but I made a few changes to the still-life. I presented some … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I always enjoy painting pomegranates. Also, it gives me a chance to talk about reds and some brush-h … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The only objects that survived from Saturday’s still-life were the onions. I used the … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Your eyes are not deceiving you. It’s a bunch of bowls. After our review of cubic forms last w … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I made one key change to the Saturday still-life. Trading the pail for the purple jars simplified th … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday was the first Sustained Saturday of the spring at my studio. These classes give participan … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Spring term at my studio started yesterday with Tuesday morning and evening classes. I tried to offe … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Winter has term has come to an end at my studio. It’s snowing heavily at the moment in downtow … more →
wrote 2 years ago: There was a lot of energy in the studio yesterday for our final Sustained Saturday of the term. It w … more →
wrote 2 years ago: It’s been a busy week and I’m posting the work from Tuesday a little late. Baked goods a … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I set up some fairly familiar objects for the classes on Tuesday. I wanted to focus on simplificatio … more →