- October 29, 2019
October 29, 2019 Do you wish you knew how to paint from a photo? Sometimes, you want to paint but you’re not in front of...
- September 17, 2019
How to Set up Your Watercolor Palette from Cindy Briggs Art on Vimeo.
Cindy shares how to set up an 18-well watercolor palette with Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors.
This is her standard workshop palette.
- August 13, 2019
How to Control Water in Your Brush
One of the biggest challenges in watercolor painting is controlling the amount of water in your brush. People often ask me how I do it. Washing and Rinsing your brush is a crucial step when painting because it’s how you get those nice and clean colors.
- August 6, 2019
August 6, 2019 Favorite Watercolor Painting Tools Every artist has his or her favorite tools when it comes to painting. I love using the same...
- July 30, 2019
My Family and Inspiration for Watercolors-by-the-Sea I’m always inspired by the beauty of the sea and everything associated with it. That’s why I keep on...
- July 16, 2019
When it comes to watercolor painting, sometimes your blank paper can be intimidating. So just think of your painting as a study and you can more easily relax into the process.
- July 9, 2019
I love using Daniel Smith watercolors in all of my sketchbook paintings because I can count on it’s variety of color selection, quality and consistency of color. Whether you are a beginner with watercolor painting or if you just enjoy trying out new colors, I suggest that you experiment and play with watercolors first so you become familiar with how they mix and mingle together.
- March 17, 2019
March 17, 2019 I’m inviting you to visit the Daniel Smith Website to see this post on Painting with Daniel Smith Watercolors. I share step...
- August 25, 2018
Returning to Carmel-by-the-Sea to paint has been a family tradition for over 20 years. With my Aunt Ellie Weakley and her teaching partner, Cathy Goodale, Carmel is where I first started painting en Plein Air (painting outside from life). I remember going for the first time and trying to paint a full sheet (22” x 30”) watercolor of the Carmel Mission on my very awkward Russian Easel and feeling quite insecure about the effort.
- March 4, 2017
Painting and Pondering Life in Provence: Springtime in L’Isle sur la Sorgue, Provence
From the snowcovered, frozen landscape of Bend, Oregon, I have traveled to the charming and much warmer village of “L’Iles sur la Sorgue” in Provence. In this I will be sharing my experience as I discover the stillness within my heart and soul and give myself the time to write, paint, ponder and just be.
