Andrea England

Wonderful article, Andrea! There is something so special about being out in nature with a sketchbook, pen and brushes. Love your art!!!

Sage advice! I don’t get out and do plein air often enough, and you’re inspiring me to get off my duff and do it!

Beautiful art and excellent reminders to get out there!

Wow, your art is delightful, Andrea…I love it! Also, thank you for the inspirational words. I do get nervous about sketching in public but I will have to give it a try.

I love your article and have been wanting to do plein air however, Houston Texas doesn’t have very many places to paint. Think of the church garden, what do you think?

I’ll tell you what defeated my attempts at plein air painting – wind! Gusty, hot wind that dried everything in seconds, coupled with intense heat and sun.

Excellent instruction. I think this tutorial is really good for upper elementary students.

Thanks for sharing this post Andrea.

Another great tutorial, Andrea! Like many things watercolor, wet in wet is easy – once you have the knowledge and lots of practice! Every artist has to do the practice, but your explanation is sure to help many learn what to do in their practice.

Great tips! I actually painted a cabbage the other day and was having problems painting in the texture. Now I know! Lol

Such a cool technique!👏💕👏 Thanks for sharing!🙏

What a cheerful, colorful way to lighten my day! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for sharing this! I will use this technique for a few birthday cards that I need to make.

What a fun and lively tutorial! Easy enough for everyone, and useful for all occasions. Thankyou, Andrea.

love how the flowers turned out.

Making mixing charts is a fun task on a rainy day, or any day! When I try out a new palette of colors I like to make a set of mixes of each pair, to see what will happen when they meet on the paper. It can prevent some really ugly mixtures on the paper if they touch and bleed into each other; i find out that they never should have been introduced!

Great idea for a lesson in color mixing. So fun! Thanks for sharing.