If you are going to paint a background, then you need to start working on your background early. Don’t wait until until you finish the foreground to start worrying about background.

Just about any combination of red, yellow, and blue will produce a flesh tone in watercolor. Each situation is different and no formula substitutes for your own observation. I will share what works for me.
For average caucasian skin, I use Winsor & Newton Raw Sienna or Yellow Ochre (they’re quite similar), M. Graham Cadmium [...]

Sometimes in plein air painting on a bright day the light shifts suddenly and unexpectedly. Here’s why it happens and what to do about it.

Value does all the work; color takes all the credit.

I saw this quote on a bulletin board a while back, and it has become one of my favorites. There are so many times people have looked at my work and said: “Oh, the colors are so great.” The truth is that I pay very little [...]