Watercolor Resources & References Page
(please note: this page will be continuously updated)
(please note: this page will be continuously updated)
Where to find Legally Free Photos
- Where To Find Legally Free Reference Photos For Your Art by Phil Davies
- My Three Favorite Reference Image Libraries by Moshe Mikanovsky
Free Books on Watercolor (download PDF)
- PDF of Andrew Loomis's book Eye of the painter
- Landscape Painting in Watercolor by Zoltan Zabo
- Cezanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors by Carol Armstrong 2004
- American Drawings and Watercolors in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent
- Watercolor books on Archive.org to download or borrow or waitlist
- Hardy Country Watercolors by Walter Tyndale
- The Water-Colours of J.M.W. Turner
- How to Paint Reflections in Water
Web Reference Pages
- Ann Blockley's Archived Blog from 2014, 2015 and 2016: This post is on painting water
- Value Pattern Tutorial by Steve Fleming
- Color of Art Pigment Database An Artists Paint and Pigment Reference with Color Index Names, Color Index Numbers and Chemical Composition
- Watercolor Physics
- A Crash Course In Color Theory, Part Two: Color Harmony & Combinations
- Jane Blundell's Selection and Mixing of Daniel Smith Paints
- Keene Wilson: Current Watercolor Workout Class Homework
- Painting the Jazz Blues by Keene Wilson
- Don't Let Reality Get in the Way of a Good Design
YouTube Videos
- How to Use a Rigger Brush for Watercolor
- Figures in a Street Scene by Grant Fuller
- Tony van Hasselt: Underpaintings, Positive and Negative shapes, push backs, Calligraphy, etc
- Frank Webb: Sketch, Value Pattern, Mother Wash and Silhouette Shapes
- Frank Webb: On Composition and Design: Shape Sizes; Papa, Momma and Baby sizes
- Frank quotes George Post, the noted California painter: every painting ought to have one larger size, then another large size not quite so large not necessarily right next to it then 3 or 4 middle size pieces then 8 or 10 little busy areas, then you arrange them in such a way they make a great composition.
- Ways to Edit Your Watercolor Painting with Frank Webb
- Skip Lawrence: Jelly Bean Heads (starts at 2:06)
- Tony Van Hasselt: Shadow Value Pattern, Underpainting + Shadow Pattern (Vimeo Video)
Figures in Landscapes, architectural, gestural
- Architectural Figure Outlines
- Gestural Figures
- Architectural Drawing People
- draw-people-with-simple-formula-by-tony van hasselt
- Tony van Hasselt "You-Whoa" Folk
Interviews and Biographies
- Daniel Novotny
- Daniel Novotny's Website: ateliernovotny.com
- Interview of Daniel Novotny on parkablogs.com
- Daniel Novotny is a young watercolorist who is a prolific painter and educator based in Slovakia. He is influenced by Frank Webb, Ratindra Das, Robert E. Wood, and Rex Brandt
- Frank Webb (born: 1927)
- California School of Watercolor
Materials
- Choosing which paints to add to your Palette on handprint.com
- Steve Mitchell's favorite 8 Colors for Watercolor
- Steve Mitchell's Micro Palette and 6 Colors He Chose to Put In
- Economical Sets of American Journey brank Paint from Cheap Joe's
- This is American Journey (Cheap Joe's Brand, compare with Da Vinci) set of 12. This would be an economic yet professional set to get you started. Excellent selection of colors. At the time of this post it is on sale for $76.49. If you bought these separately it would cost over twice that. Even a good deal at the $89.00 price.
- Color of Art Pigment Database: Did you ever wonder what was meant by PV19, PY97 & PB15
- Artist's Color Wheel: Chart show CIECAM hue angle and chroma
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