Color is a very broad topic. Entire books have been written on color and it would be quite difficult to cover every aspect of it within the confines of this article. My hopes with this introduction to color theory is to peek your interest and hopefully cause you to study this topic further on your...

Learn how to paint an adorable fluffy duckling with this step by step watercolor painting lesson by Dawn McLeod Heim. To view this entire watercolor painting lesson click here.

Step 1: Prepare to Paint For this 18″ x 24″ studio painting I used Claessens double-oil-primed linen canvas, #15 (my usual painting surface), mounted on 1/2″ Gator Board. I applied an initial wash to the canvas with a color that I hoped would end up being pretty close to my final color for the...