Learn how to create bricks in your sketches with fineliner and watercolor. Add texture, depth, interest and character to your sketches with simple step-by-step techniques.

Join the Winsor & Newton Watercolour Contest 2025 and explore their stunning Revival Collection. In this article, I share how to enter, tips for starting your piece, and two free videos to inspire you, even if you’re not an experienced painter.

Many beginners use black watercolor to create shadows, but this often leads to muddy, lifeless sketches. In this post, I explain why black isn’t the best choice and show you how to mix beautiful, natural shadow colors instead.

Winsor & Newton watercolor competition 2024. Beautiful colors, swatches, mixes, exercices, tutorials and techniques videos for beginners.

Avoid these common beginner mistakes with watercolors: tweak your sketching habits to ensure amazing results.

Discover the basics of watercolor granulation. Learn how to use granulating watercolors in your sketches and paintings.

Pros and cons of using watercolor paints in pans and in tubes. Useful tips and personal experience.

How to read watercolor and gouache paint labels: series number, permanence rating, lightfastness, pigment number, opacity rating.

All you need to know about watercolor paper: textures, materials used, manufacturing methods, formats and sizes. Beginner-firendly guide.

Practical tips for using turquoise in urban sketching: pre-made paints, markers, pencils; mixing your own colors. Inspiration and examples.

Get to know your watercolors to create better urban sketches! Watercolor experiments for beginning artists. Simple tricks.

Essential supplies for urban sketching: watercolors, professional brushes, watercolor paper, pocket-sized palettes, fineliners and pencils.

This article explains how to mix greens with watercolors, when and how to use pre-made greens, and how to use greenery in urban sketching.