Watercolor styles

Hundreds of visuals from renowned artist and teacher Tom Lynch with quick tips for improving your watercolor painting technique.

Are you wondering how to loosen up your watercolour painting?You are definitely in the right place because painting in a loose expressive style is my favourite thing to do. I have 7 practical tips and ideas to share with you.You'll be joyfully splashing the watercolour paint about while confidently creating your own loose interpretation of your favourite painting subjects in no time!

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Kolbie Blume | Watercolor + Creative Practice on Instagram: "How do you take what you see in real life and turn it into a painting? 🤔 …that’s a skill I’ll teach you in Exploring Watercolor 101! More than anything, I want to help you learn the language of watercolor and creativity, and how they feel in YOUR body 🧑🏼‍🎨 We’ll start by learning basic watercolor techniques and what they mean for your new artist’s perspective 👀 Then, we’ll practice all sorts of fun styles and subjects so…

It's nice to see if a second version has a fresher quality than the first. In this case, I don't think it really happened. There are things I like, and don't like, in both. The clouds are better in the first version, but I think the horizontal shadow in the foreground is too strong. I like the color in foreground of the second as well as the softer, lighter value. I think I'll crop the bottom of the second so there's not quite so much real estate down there.

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