Curtis Golomb: Pushing The Boundaries Of WatercolorIts easy to create unique, exciting paintings when you push the boundaries of watercolor. This video covers everything from going on location to selecting a subject right through to varnishing the finished painting to eliminate the need for glass. Throughout the video Curtis provides clear instructions and shares the thinking behind the decisions he makes. His approach to painting a watercolor is sure to inspire you to take your own painting to new

Use warm and cools to tell the story

Get really strategic about edges so that you can take full advantage of wet-into-wet opportunities

In this course

Great artists make their paintings work because they know how to create color harmony

Making "little adjustments" that create more depth and texture

In Drawing Faces

) But often his finished paintings have elements he found in reality AND elements he found in his imagination

The number one thing you can do to make your painting more provocative for the viewer

Koeppel teaches a small group of painters at the Hudson River Fellowship to teach these timeless techniques

Why you should never paint your focal point first

You can paint along with this step-by-step painting tutorial to learn how to paint a breathtaking landscape scene using Joe's most powerful painting techniques — the techniques he has developed over decades of painting

and we requested that she paint a studio work based on the stunning little plein air study we had seen in her collection