Painting a sunlit village landscape [Watercolor video tutorial]

Today’s watercolor painting tutorial comes from Roytheartist. It’s a cool video demo / painting lesson on painting a village landscape. Enjoy!

Painting Distant Hills & Mountains [Watercolor Painting Video tutorial]

Here’s another informative watercolor painting video tutorial by BobDavies88 showing how you to paint distant hills and mountains.

Windows [Photo inspiration]

Windows by AndersKarlsson

Windows by AndersKarlsson

Not the windows of the Microsoft kind…

I love the perspective and the magenta hue of this image from AndersKarlsson.

Enjoy!

Wysoka Laka Hospital [Watercolor inspiration]

Bukowiec, Wysoka Laka Hospital - Poland by GreeGW

Bukowiec, Wysoka Laka Hospital - Poland by GreeGW

Here’s another beautiful watercolor painting inspiration from our favourite watercolor artist GreeGW.

It’s of the Wysoka Laka Hospital in Poland.

Enjoy!

How to use watercolor pencils part 2 [Video tutorial]

Here’s part 2 of the video tutorial series by BobDavies88 on “How to use watercolor pencils”. You can catch Part 1 of the video tutorial here. Hit the “Read more” link to view the video for part 2.

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fc 09 10 winter IV [Photo inspiration]

fc 09 10 winter IV by mehmeturgut

fc 09 10 winter IV by mehmeturgut

While the title of this photo doesn’t quite do it justice, the second I saw this image I knew I had to pick it as today’s visual photo inspiration.

The pose of the model and his hands holding the apple, the suit – it all just comes together into a stunning image.

Great work by mehmeturgut. Enjoy!

How to use watercolor pencils part 1 [Video Tutorial]

I personally don’t have much experience with watercolor pencils and have always wanted to learn more. Here’s part 1 of a nice video introduction to using watercolor pencils by BobDavies88. Hit the read more link to view the video.

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Upper Kananaskis Lake [Photo inspiration]

Upper Kananaskis Lake by pat1926

Upper Kananaskis Lake by pat1926

This is a beautiful shot of Kananaskis Lake in Alberta, Canada (my home country!).

I love the purple tint of the image. This is a great shot by pat1926. Enjoy!

Hotter ‘n Hell Hundred [Photo inspiration]

Hotter 'N Hell Hundred by SublimeBudd

Hotter 'N Hell Hundred by SublimeBudd

One of the rare photos/images I’ve come across that have people in it that have caught my eye.

I really like the silhouettes of the cyclists created in this pic.

Today’s photo inspiration comes from SublimeBudd.

Video tutorial: Using Photoshop To Create Realistic Painting Effect

Ever want to use Photoshop or any other painting/graphic software (like Xara) to create the effect of a real painting? Here’s an interesting video tutorial from DSheppard that teaches you how. Enjoy!

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