Tutorial – How to Paint an Aurora Borealis in Watercolor

Learn how to paint an Aurora Borealis that almost paints itself. Interested? Check out my tutorial at Doodlewash!

#DoodlewashSeptember2022 prompt: Flowers. Did you know many modern rose varieties, created to be more disease resistant, are less fragrant than older species? I meant to make all my paintings this month fit Inktober as well as the Doodlewash prompts, but I forgot and didn’t use ink for this one. Hahnemühle Hot Press Collection Watercolor Paper Da Vinci Watercolors October Doodlewash…

The Weight of Clouds

#DoodlewashSeptember2022 prompt: Clouds. Did you know researchers estimate that the average cumulus cloud weighs about 1.1 million lbs? Hahnemühle Bamboo Mixed Media Supervision Watercolors Da Vinci Gouache Image inspiration – photo by Tom Barrett on Unsplash. September Doodlewash prompts Tools: To find a list of dealers, who carry Hahnemühle products in the U.S. and Canada, go here. You…

July is World Watercolor Month! To learn more about this, visit Doodlewash. Did you know that approximately 12% of people only dream in black and white? I was definitely in a hurry today, so I decided to simply do a quick landscape that I felt was restful. Hahnemühle 100% Cotton Watercolour bookJoyce’s Signature Da Vinci Watercolor Palette July Doodlewash prompts Tools: To find a list of…

Breathe: #WorldWatercolorMonth2022 Day 26

July is World Watercolor Month! To learn more about this, visit Doodlewash. Did you know that on average, you breath in 13 pints of air every minute, and exhale about .59 fluid ounces of water per hour? Hahnemühle 100% Cotton Watercolour bookJoyce’s Signature Da Vinci Watercolor July Doodlewash prompts Tools: To find a list of dealers, who carry Hahnemühle products in the U.S. and Canada, go…

Drift: #WorldWatercolorMonth2022 Day 25

July is World Watercolor Month! To learn more about this, visit Doodlewash. Did you know that in Norse mythology, the first man and woman were created from driftwood? Hahnemühle 100% Cotton Watercolour bookJoyce’s Signature Da Vinci Watercolor Less than a week left to buy limited edition World Watercolor Month items! You can find some fantastic stuff, but they’re only available through the end…

Focus: #WorldWatercolorMonth2022 Day 20

July is World Watercolor Month! To learn more about this, visit Doodlewash. Who was more focused than Sherlock Holmes! Did you know Arthur Conan Doyle originally called him Sherringford, and Watson was Ormand Stacker? Can you tell that I did this one in a hurry? Hahnemühle 100% Cotton Watercolour bookJoyce’s Signature Da Vinci Watercolor The month is more than half over, time is running out…

July is World Watercolor Month! To learn more about this, visit Doodlewash. Did you know the the Lupine flower name came from the Latin ‘Lupus’, meaning wolf? Why that name? Lupines are poisonous, and thus considered a killer of livestock like the wolf. I didn’t want to paint a crowd of people – I didn’t wanna! So I painted a crowd of flowers. I suspect a group of flowers isn’t called a crowd,…