Watercolor Web chronicles my thoughts and experiences as I teach myself and others to paint in watercolor. You will find records of my successes and failures as well as exercises and advice. Although I mostly consider myself a figurative painter, I have been spending a lot of time doing plain air work this spring and summer.

About Me

I am Marie Matthews, a watercolorist and occasional computer geek in Atlanta, Georgia. I teach watercolor at Chastain Arts Center and have won awards from the Atlanta Artists Center and the Georgia Watercolor Society. You can find out more about me at my website: http://mmatthews.com/.

Notes on the Topics

Figures
This section contains some of what I know about drawing and painting the human figure. Fine drawing is essential to rendering the figure in watercolor. If you want to paint the figure in watercolor, you must learn to draw. Period.

Value and Composition
Value is more important than color. If you want to improve your watercolors, learn to manage values.
Works in Progress
Well, Works in Progress may be a misnomer because I rarely spend more than two hours on a painting. Look here to find out what worked and didn’t work.