Learn how to paint a Japanese Garden and Cairo with ink pens and watercolour. This is a free article and video workshop that you can access here. I painted this one for the first part of the live demo. Learn to paint this here: https://youtu.be/hWWlj9OlVHo I used mainly sap green, emerald […]
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Learning Ink or Watercolours? Paint along with me to recreate Venice and a Forest Scene. Video available for free here. These two scenes were quite different in that we are dealing with a reference that can be painted very loosely (forest scene) vs. a reference that needs a bit more […]
I took a photo of this house when I went for a walk today. In this Painting House Portraits Workshop, I go through essential tips on drawing and painting a house portrait. Thought I’d try sketching it live. Check out the video here: Bonus Live Demonstration: House Portrait Hope you […]
Check out the live workshop here: Paint a Beach Landscape (Cefalù, Sicily) and a Cafe Scene In this unique workshop, I try something quite new to most beginners. I change the entire perspective of a beach scene from a birds-eye view to a linear perspective. This required some guesswork and […]
This free Night and Fall Landscapes workshop was a live demonstration I ran recently. I go through how to convey mood though colour and tone. Watch it for free here. Night and Fall Landscapes Painting light is challenging. With both of these scenes, it’s important to paint the lighter and […]
Learn how to draw and paint China and Egypt through this free online workshop. learn essential techniques and tips in this video and article. My favorite part of this scene of China was adding the red lanterns and cutting around them with those darks. This was a very busy scene, […]
Paint Sicily and Hallstatt: Want to learn how to paint Sicily and Hallstatt in watercolor? Learning to portray the mood of a landscape, in particular the time of the day, can be challenging for beginners. In this watercolor article and free workshop, I’ll show you how I approach and paint […]
Why is drawing important when learning how to paint? In this free watercolor workshop, I will show you how to Paint Cinque Terre and Learn Line and Wash the easy way! Check out the video here. This is quite a long workshop and we firstly go through some line and […]
In this Inktober special, learn how to Draw and Paint France and Mykonos. Watch my free live workshop here. I’ve chosen two scenes with distinct contrasts between light and dark – and I show you how to achieve the feeling of light in your painting by ironically emphasizing your dark […]
Hi everyone! The Psychology in Art: Podcast Ep #77 is now out on Etchr’s YouTube channel. A few weeks ago, I was invited to Etchr’s ‘Make More Art’ Podcast. I shared a bit about my personal artistic journey and talked about art in the context of self-development, life, and psychology. […]
100,000 Members Milestone! Hi Members, it’s Darren @Darren Yeo Art here – the admin and creator of Watercolour Beginners and Watercolour Mentor Community As you can tell from the title, our community Watercolour Beginners just hit an incredible milestone. Watercolour Beginners was created in the early hours of August 7th, 2020, in my little apartment in Carlton, Victoria, […]
A few months ago, I was invited by Etchr to run a free live demonstration on their YouTube channel. I also ran a live workshop which is available here. In this post, I’ll go through some simple tips on how to paint expressive urban landscapes in watercolor. In case you […]
I recently ran a free online workshop on how to Draw and Paint Venice and Annecy. You can view it below. In this article, I thought I’d add a few of my observations and tips on how to draw and paint these two scenes to this article. Composition: For the […]
I recently ran one of my free live workshops – Inktober Sketching: Tokyo and Italy. This was a line and wash workshop where I ran through all my steps to draw from complex reference photos to create a unique illustration that preserves much of the important details. Inktober is one […]
Here’s another unique workshop that I ran recently where we went through how to Draw and Paint London and Santorini. In each demonstration, there are some unique benefits of using pure watercolor and adding in the drawing with an ink pen beforehand. I’ll go through more of my thoughts below. […]