Watercolour Techniques Colour Palette for Pears: Phthalo Blue, Cadmium Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Permanent Rose (mixed with Cad Yellow for the ‘blush’ on pears), Ultramarine Blue & Burnt Umber for underpainting shadow colour – Burnt Umber is also good for knocking the brightness out of the darker...

Kick-starting your Painting when in a Block - Annie Monk A painting 'block' happens to all of us a some time. Here are some techniques to over come it; Prompts and Ideas for Inspiration: - Observe and study art in magazines, books, catalogues and the internet. - Visit exhibitions in...

Mixing Colours with Kevin Sculley Using a colour wheel and basic colour theory will help in creating blended colours using 3 basic primary colours - Cyan or process blue, process yellow and Magenta. Secondary colours are blends of the primary colours on a 50% of each colour. Bear in mind...