THE BLOG
Do you use your electric pencil sharpener to sharpen colored pencils, pastel pencils, or watercolor pencils? This can cause your sharpener to get gunked up with the wax or other binders in...
One of my followers on Instagram asked how they could make watercolor pencils darker in some areas of their painting.
So I created a video demonstrating 3 easy ways to do this using...
I wanted to share this Facebook live all about getting to know value and it's importance in painting with watercolors to help you learn to identify the values of your colors.
In this video, I...
Each week I have live mini-lessons in my private Facebook group, "Watercolor with Viv," where I teach my students something that will help them get further in their artistic journey.
Many of...
Just the term "negative painting" has always confused me. When my art instructors would start talking about the negative space and positive space in a painting, my eyes would glaze over.
I didn't...
*NOTE: ADD TRANSPARENT ORANGE TO THE SUPPLY LIST*
In this video, I show you how to paint the leaves, berries, and snow. I'll also be demonstrating this live in my private Facebook group on Friday,...
NOTE: ADD TRANSPARENT YELLOW TO SUPPLY LIST
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
I know, Iknow, you're screaming it's not even Thanksgiving yet Viv!
Simmer down, I'm just trying to...
Last week I talked about mixing your own blacks and darks instead of using pre-mixed tube blacks.
It's only right to try painting with them this week.
If you want to give it a try I've...
Black watercolor paint should be outlawed. That's right, I said it.
At least the premixed, manufactured kind should be.
Why?
If you’re like me, when you first started painting you didn’t give any thought to your paint.
You just grabbed them and started painting.
Then you noticed some of them were...
I created a lot of flat lackluster paintings. I thought watercolor washes were the gold standard of watercolor.
I mean, that’s what the watercolor books I read said,...
Having options is a bad thing. That's right, I said it.
I can hear you scoffing under your breath. Yep, you did that out loud. I'm going to choose to ignore it.
Just hear me out. When...
