Let’s use a brush to create our values. Learn techniques with monochromatic watercolor and Tombow brush pens to create fast value studies. Bring paper brushes, watercolor, and gray value Tombow pens. Try an N95 (lightest), N75 (light), and an N65 (dark). Download and print the lion skull worksheet here: https://johnmuirlaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Lion-Skull-line.pdf Read More
Category: Watercolor
Techniques and materials to help you paint with watercolor.
Watercolor Special Effects
Learn a smorgasbord of watercolor tricks and hacks to get cool textures and effects. Read More
Drawing Iridescent Birds
In this “Ask Jack” session, John Muir Laws deep-dives into rendering iridescence on birds, including hummingbirds, ducks, and cormorants. Read More
Coastal Cliffs and Waves
Let John Muir Laws show you some problem-solving he did around drawing coastal landscapes. Play with different strategies and learn some fast ways to capture the effects of waves hitting the coastal cliffs, using watercolor, a white crayon, and pencil. Read More
Drawing Amphibians
In this Ask Jack session, John Muir Laws teaches how to draw frogs. Read More
Let’s Draw Warblers: Bring Your Warbler to Life
Make your warbler drawing come to life with tips about feather texture and placement of eyes, and beaks. We will also practice fast-sketching techniques to help you sketch warblers in the field. Read More
Drawing Pinyon Jays
John Muir “Jack” Laws shares his use of the watercolor media on drawings. Jack will present his approach to drawing birds and give us an introduction to color application using watercolor paint. Students may follow along with the color demonstration, or watch, learn, and apply color to their bird sketch later. This workshop also focuses Read More
How to Draw Hummingbirds
Learn how to draw hummingbirds. In this workshop, we explore structure, texture, and how to draw iridescence! Read More
Let’s Draw a Salamander!
In this “Ask Jack” session, join John Muir Laws as he teaches how to draw a salamander and paint it using watercolors and gouache. Read More
Let’s Draw a Stellar’s Jay!
Join John Muir Laws as he walks us through the process of creating a careful illustration of a Stellar’s Jay. We will use a combination of graphite, watercolor, and colored pencil highlights. Read More