Past Tips


July 2010 - Night, a Demonstration
June 2010 - Color Substitution
May 2010 - A Look at Contrast
April 2010 - Reflections, a Demonstration
March 2010 - A Look at Reflections
February 2010 - A Look at Winter
January 2010 - A Return to Red
December 2009 - More About Blue
November 2009 - Earth Colors
October 2009 - An Approach to Drawing Flowers
September 2009 - Plein Air Part 2
August 2009 - Plein Air Benefits
July 2009 - More About Glazing
June 2009 - About Glazing
May 2009 - Floral Demonstration
April 2009 - Color Substitutions
March 2009 - MUD
February 2009 - More on Gradation
January 2009 - Demo of Winter Scene at Night
December 2008 - Choosing Color
November 2008 - Simultaneous Contrast
October 2008 - Pink Poppy demo
September 2008 - The Contrast of Complements
August 2008 - Varnishing Watercolors
July 2008 - Color Contrast #1
June 2008 - Working from Direct Observation
May 2008 - More on Negative Space
April 2008 - Gradation
March 2008 - The Watercolor Palette
February 2008 - The Watercolor Brush
January 2008 - Demo of Birches
December 2007 - Working with Orange
November 2007 -Orchid Demo
October 2007 -Creating Purple
September 2007 -The Spray Bottle
August 2007 - Masking Fluid on Hot Press Paper
July 2007 - Demo - Effects of Mist
June 2007 - Mist Effects in Watercolor
May 2007 - The Kite Tetrad Part II
April 2007 - The Kite Fromation Tetrad
March 2007 - More About the Color Wheel
February 2007 - Photo Safari
January 2007 - Floral Demo in Acrylic
December 2006 - The Under Wash Part 2
November 2006 - The Under Wash
October 2006 - Brown, Part 2
September 2006 - Waterlily Demonstration
August 2006 - Using the Color Wheel
July 2006 - Landscape Composition
June 2006 - Tints, Tones and Shades
May 2006 - Color Properties
April 2006 - The Area of Focus - Part II
March 2006 - The Area of Focus
February 2006 - Using Color Swatches
January 2006 Demo - Winter
December 2005 The Color Brown
November 2005 More on Shadows
October 2005 Shadow Color
September 2005 Shadows
August 2005 - Painting OUtside
July 2005 - More on Masking Fluid
June 2005 - Masking Fluid
May 2005 - Woodland Demo
April 2005 - The Brush Wetness
March 2005 - The Paper's Wetness
February 2005 - Area Of Interest
January 2005 - Floral Demo
December 2004 - Making Composition Decisions
November 2004- Color Wheel - Part 3
October 2004- Color Wheel - Part 2
September 2004- The 12 Color Wheel
August 2004- Poppy Demo
July 2004 - Composition from Photos
June 2004 - Greens mixed with a broader range of colors
May 2004 - Working with Blues
April 2004 - Working with Violet
March 2004 - Red Revisited
February 2004 - Yellow Dominance
January 2004 - Tree Demo
December 2003 - Demonstration of Clothed Model
November 2003 - Composition with a Model
October 2003 - Working with a large Pallette Selection
September 2003 - Guidelines for creating a successful painting.
August 2003 - What do YOU see?
July 2003 - Workshops
June 2003 - Summer Greens
May 2003 - Springtime Greens
April 2003 - Focal Area
March 2003 - Personal Photo as Reference
February 2003 - Negative Space
January 2003 - Positive Shapes
December 2002 - The Third Tetrad
November 2002 - Variation of the Tetrad
October 2002 - The Tetrad
September 2002 - The Light Source
August 2002 - Demonstration
July 2002 - Working with Photo References
June 2002 - Composition Editing
May 2002 - Making Darks in Watercolor
April 2002 - Mixing Color
March 2002 - Floral Demonstration
February 2002 - Principles & Elements of Design
January 2002 - A Continuation of Gradation
December 2001 - Semi-neutral or Neutral Colors
November 2001 - Warm/Cool Relationships
October 2001 - Warm/Cool
September 2001 - Color Dominance
August 2001 - The design principle Dominance
July 2001 - More Grey
June 2001 - Grey
May 2001 - Blue
April 2001 - Yellow
March 2001 - Red

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