Before you start watercolor painting, you will need some basic art materials. You can add different brushe… More
Summary: When applying paint to porcelain you must paint towards yourself. Learn how to paint on porcelain in this free painting video lesson.
Sharleee McCulley has been a freelance artist for over forty years. During those years she has painted on everything from canvas to rocks and china. Her endeavors have included doing...read more
"We are actually ready to paint a flower. And I'm going to start with a purple pansy. I will be adding a little bit of green around it, which will later become leaves, and then I'll block in another pansy and then the third. And then when we get those blocked in, I will start with adding a little background. So I'm going to start with the pansy. So I'm using what they actually call "pansy purple". Loading my brush. And if you remember, I said that you have to paint towards you, so when you add the paint keep brushing it towards you. I'm adding a little more medium to make my paint go a little bit smoother. Get it on a little darker. Remember I want to get it darker in the center, so as I pull it towards me, draws that paint down. And I'm doing the back petals and I'm getting ready to do these. Right now it just looks like a glob of paint but it will eventually get there. And because I have to keep painting towards me, I have to keep turning my blank. Okay, we actually have the pansy in. "