I recently read Sandrine Maugy’s wonderful book, Colours of Nature, which is a great reference for developing a good water color palette for botanical paintings.  I found that many of her recommendations line up with conclusions I have formed through trial and error regarding selecting a palette.  So her information has been very helpful to […]

Slogging through all of the information and often conflicting recommendations regarding pigments is of the most challenging aspects of learning watercolors.  Some artists are convinced that transparent pigments are the only way to achieve bright, clear colors, while to others opaque or semi-opaque pigments are no hindrance at all to beautiful botanical paintings.  Some recommend […]