Angela Fehr

What if the easiest way to learn watercolor was also the best way?  I love asking a question that makes me feel audacious! How could doing the easy thing be […]

As an intuitive painter, I sometimes feel a little shamefaced about the way I prepare for painting, because a lot of the time, I just dive in wherever I feel […]

I’ve always loved language. Finding exactly the right word to describe something gives me a bit of a thrill, or perhaps, a “frisson.” I share this love with my family […]

At the heart of watercolor painting there are really only a few techniques you are tasked with learning. Working wet in wet, wet on dry, dry brush, just master these…and […]

I’m so honoured to be guest posting for World Watercolor Month! It seems hard to believe that we’ve been celebrating this international watercolor event for eight years now and I […]

“Where’s the rest of it?” This question popped into my head as I considered the word REST, Friday’s prompt for World Watercolor Month. I had expected to write about using […]

Confession: I’m feeling pretty frustrated with my art practice this summer. As much as I want to dreamily move through World Watercolor Month in a watercolor-induced euphoria, my painting practice […]

There is an important skill an artist needs to develop that almost no one ever talks about. This is the skill that makes the difference between artists who persist and […]

The blank page of a new painting can be terrifying, can’t it? That blank sheet of paper can have a contagious effect, and all my good intentions for my next […]

I’m always excited about guest posting for World Watercolor Month. A worldwide celebration of watercolor? Yes, please! This year as I thought about celebrating watercolor, and brainstormed ideas for July’s […]

What if all you had to do to get GREAT at watercolor was to USE IT? If it didn’t matter how you used it? If it didn’t matter whether your […]

What does an artist need? MORE PAPER! That’s just a given! And yet, somehow, when we have a wealth of paper at our disposal, we hesitate to use it. The […]