Articles on Digital Painting

In this article I look at the things that are special to watercolor painting as well as some of the characteristics that it shares with other media such as oils and acrylics. I also briefly explain how these can be emulated digitally. For more in-depth information have a look at the tutorials.

In this article I look at the basic method of painting watercolors in Photoshop. Watercolor painting is a special case which presents special challenges because of the transparency and dilution of the paint. How to achieve transparency, paint flow, paint mixing on the paper, granulation, edges etc., needs to be understood. For more in-depth information have a look at the tutorials.

Do you think that blue and yellow makes green? If so you will have problems mixing paint and this article should help. I also describe a correct color wheel and how to use it to make a good palette of colors for your painting; and how to mix the paint in Photoshop.

This article is about printing your painting so that it looks like a real watercolor.