Steve Mitchell

Trees are a staple in my subject preferences and I often treat them like portraits with individual character and feature...

Here's a color and shape connection exercise you can do when you're playing with your paints.

Here's a quick look at open palettes, their advantages and disadvantages and how i've decided to use them.

2024 is in the books and I had a great time making video content. Here are 10 of the more notable tips I recommend from...

Practicing lines can be highly productive in developing that skill. That's what I'm doing today and giving tips as I go.

My 6-color Maimeriblu watercolor set is out. So here is a look at why I picked these 6 colors and what they can do.

Swatching and painting Inktense 24–color pan set and doing a small holly painting.

Inktense pencils are supposed to be ink right? Well let's see how well it works as an ink line for line and wash with wa...

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Here's a simple 15-Minute exercise you can do to improve your branch and foliage integration when painting trees.

I've put off testing Inktense pencils for years because I didn't exactly have a use for them that made sense for my way...

Trying a new water soluble graphite that at first I wasn't sure about but ended up finding a great application for it.

If you're just getting started in watercolor you'll need to master this before just about anything else.

I'm continuing to work on this water soluble oil piece using standard watercolor glazing techniques. Plus I learned some...