Abstract art used to make me uncomfortable. This is a safe place to be honest about that, isn’t it? I just didn’t understand why anyone would choose to paint pictures […]
Written by Angela Fehr
Written by Angela Fehr
A few months ago, in one of the watercolor Facebook groups I follow, a user asked the group, “Who is your favorite watercolor artist?” When I saw the question, my […]
Written by Angela Fehr
Recently, I finished teaching a six-week intensive online watercolor course, teaching principles to help intermediate watercolorists develop their personal style and achieve mastery of watercolor. It is so exciting for […]
Written by Angela Fehr
The first painting I ever made was, unfortunately, a copyright violation. Not that I knew it at the time. I was sixteen years old, and for my birthday, I’d been […]
Written by Angela Fehr
Lately it seems like there’s a lot of buzz about choosing the right colors for painting in watercolor. Artists are studying pigment numbers, comparing mixes between brands and searching for […]
Written by Angela Fehr
After twenty years of painting, I have acquired thousands of reference photos from my home and my travels. I love that when I paint from my collection, I’m not just […]
Written by Angela Fehr
I’m a bad watercolor instructor. Until recently, the LAST thing I ever wanted to do was paint from life, in the (gasp!) outdoors! It’s not the bugs, the heat, the […]
Written by Angela Fehr
When I first started painting, I used the “paint & blot” technique to keep my paintings under control. Second guessing nearly every stroke, I would dab a bit of paint […]
Written by Angela Fehr
I love July 13th’s prompt of “Fast & Loose” because it combines my favourite style of painting, loose & fluid, with a term that can often be confusing to artists, […]
Written by Angela Fehr