Hoffmann Watercolors

   How are you at putting people in your paintings? It came up this week when some of us got the courage up to include a figure walking thro...

Before beginning  a painting we often make changes big and small to the objects if it's a still life, to the position of the model  or t...

  As visual artists we often take note of the role played in our work by the darkest darks and the lightest lights, but we tend to overlook ...

We've had some fun this week following Jane Blundel around the fascinating world of color mixing, a fitting end to our ten weeks with a ...

This week we'll experiment with limiting our palettes by selecting only 3 colors, the primaries; red, yellow, and blue. You'll need ...

 Here are a few landscapes in which your main job is to invent a top or a bottom. That, and making them beautiful, of course. The beautiful ...

Whenever you come face to face with a new subject it helps to ask yourself "What looks tricky?" Then you can design a study that r...