Category: How To

This category features in-depth posts focused on artistic techniques and skill-building across multiple mediums. Here, you’ll find tutorials, step-by-step guides, and practical advice designed to help you grow as an artist.

Topics include:

🎨 Watercolor painting — from foundational washes and glazing techniques to advanced methods for creating light, texture, and atmosphere.

✏️ Drawing and sketching — improving line quality, mastering proportion, exploring composition, and developing a confident hand.

🖼 Oil painting — traditional and contemporary approaches, color mixing strategies, brush handling, layering, and finishing methods.

Whether you’re refining core skills or exploring new techniques, this section is your studio companion—packed with insights to elevate your craft and inspire your creative journey.

✍️ How to Transfer Images for Painting: Carbon, Saral, and Homemade Graphite Paper

  Whether you’re painting in watercolor, oil, or acrylic, getting a clean, accurate drawing onto your working surface is often the first step toward a successful painting. Freehand drawing is a wonderful skill — but sometimes, especially for complex compositions or portraits, image transfer methods save time and preserve proportions. Today, we’ll explore three tried-and-true […]

The Art of Mixing Black: Recipes for Watercolor & Oil Painters

Black is one of those colors that can make or break a painting. A flat tube black can sometimes feel dead — lifeless shadows, muddy details, or chalky overtones. But when you mix your own black, you can control its temperature, transparency, and depth, giving your work a richness that store-bought blacks often can’t match. […]