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Cheap Joe's Classroom: Putting in the Sky

This video demonstrates an effective technique for painting the sky in a watercolor landscape.

Cheap Joe's Lesson 20: Putting in the Sky

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As many visitors have already discovered, the American Artist online presence is currently transitioning to a new format. The new American Artist community site is already home to the American Artist forums, and fresh online editorial content is being shifted there as well. The content previously posted here can now be found in a collection of newly created blogs, brought to you by the editors of the American Artist family of publications.

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Cheap Joe's Classroom: Scraping

This video demonstrates how to incoporate scraping into your watercolor technique.

Cheap Joe's Lesson 19: Scraping

Looking at Watercolors: "Fairylands, Bermuda" by Ross Sterling Turner

James Toogood comments on Ross Sterling Turner's watercolor painting Fairylands, Bermuda.

Cheap Joe's Classroom: Using a Splatter Screen

This video demonstrates how to use a splatter screen.

Cheap Joe's Lesson 18: Using a Splatter Screen

Watercolor Landscapes En Plein Air and in the Studio

New York watercolorist Frederick Wong shows artists how he responds directly to nature in his weekly informal plein air demonstrations in Central Park and also teaches his more methodical studio approach at The Art Students League of New York.

Back to Watercolor Basics

Connecticut artist John Falato primarily paints in oil, but he also enjoys introducing students to the nuts and bolts of watercolor in his exciting, fast-paced beginner classes.

National Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition

The 88th Annual Exhibition of the National Watercolor Society is on view through November 1 at the Riverside Art Museum, in Riverside, California.

Cheap Joe's Classroom: Using Spray Bottles

This video demonstrates how to use spray bottles effectively.

Cheap Joe's Lesson 17: Using Spray Bottles

A Bold Approach

When Chris Krupinski made the transition from oil to watercolor painting, she refused to sacrifice her love of detail and bold, rich color.