Learn to paint in watercolor with Betty Carr

Join artist, and teacher Betty Carr in this watercolor video, Capturing Limited Light With Expressive Brushwork as she demonstrates her dynamic painting process and techniques. Learn the bold, high energy style she brings to her watercolor painting to achieve rich color, energetic lighting, and bold strokes. [continued…]

Capturing Limited Light With Expressive Brushwork

Thinking like an oil painter and sculptor, Betty Carr “carves” depth out of her painting and uses expressive “dancing” brushwork.

In these watercolor lessons, you will learn to paint from a proper value plan, use bold high energy strokes, and achieve rich colors and energetic lighting. Artists of every experience level will get gems of wisdom and tips to improve their watercolor painting.

Betty Carr demonstrates and shares her thoughts on:

• Warm up exercises
• Starting with the darks
• Using a proper value plan
• Getting energy into your subject
• Directing the eye through the painting with subtle color adjustments
• Mixing paint to add richness to color