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Charles Reid's Advice about Local Color
In case you missed it, my most popular video of all time was about Charles Reid's advice to base the foundation of your painting design...

Rachel
Jul 24, 20242 min read


Wild Pony Loose Watercolor Tutorial
Painting Goal - Try out Charles Reid's advice to rely on local color as the foundational design theme, not contrast.  To watch the video about this new approach, go to https://youtu.be/yBME7UTOPpk Key Takeaways - * You do not need to use my exact colors.  Focus more on getting accurate values. * Your painting will not look like mine.  It will look like yours.   * Paint this AT LEAST twice if you are not a super advanced artist. * If you are a beginner I recommend painting thi

Rachel
Jul 24, 20242 min read


A New Art Discovery about Warms and Cools
Thank you so much to all my new members who have joined!  I wanted to share a new insight I have learned recently.  This tip applies to...

Rachel
Jun 30, 20241 min read


Giovanni's Leopard
For supply list links, visit www.rachelsstudio.com/supplylist Thank you to Giovanni Mari for this gorgeous reference. Right click on the...

Rachel
Jun 27, 20242 min read


Butterfly on Zinnia - $8+ tiers
To join my online watercolor lessons, go to www.patreon.com/rachelsstudio Meet your muse! https://photos.app.goo.gl/PC58Uy7KFzF1pgwE7...

Rachel
Jun 27, 20241 min read


Simple Hydrangeas
In this super beginner tutorial you will paint these hydrangeas with stripes to practice negative painting.  It's an easy and relaxing...

Rachel
May 6, 20241 min read


Fluffy Duckling Wet on Wet Technique
For supply list links, visit www.rachelsstudio.com/supplylist Remember to join my mailing list on www.rachelsstudio.com so if Patreon...

Rachel
May 6, 20242 min read


White Dog Watercolor Tutorial
Last month I had an owl visit nearby - he spent the day sleeping in a tree near me. I went out several times that day to check on him and...

Rachel
Apr 22, 20242 min read


Advanced Wet in Wet Black Cat Watercolor Tutorial
This painting is the culmination of many miles on the brush to perfect my wet in wet 'fur out' technique and it's probably my favorite...

Rachel
Apr 13, 20241 min read


Experimental Calico Cat Watercolor Tutorial $8+
This is the first painting I did of this image and I did a lot experimenting and adjusting to get a feel of how to best design this painting.

Rachel
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Free Charles Reid Watercolor Videos!
Be sure to tune in to my YouTube channel at youtube.com/@rachelsstudiodotcom on Saturday for my free video about a new insight I gained...

Rachel
Feb 15, 20242 min read


$8+ Super Beginner Cat Watercolor Tutorial - Long Haired Dilute Calico
🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨 Key Takeaways - 🎨 If you are new to my Patreon please read this entire post 🎨 You do not need to use my exact colors. ...

Rachel
Feb 9, 20241 min read


$8+ Tiers House and Landscape Tutorial
Update - I'll be adding a shorter hopefully 1 hour but start to finish tutorial for those with limited time who would like to learn the...

Rachel
Feb 6, 20241 min read


3 Watercolor Portrait Tutorials
This is a painting I finished around October 2023 I have been on a journey to create a painting that I feel is good enough to enter into...

Rachel
Jan 22, 20241 min read


$8 Tier - 1 Beginner & 1 Advanced Watercolor Tutorial - Calico Cat
Above is a calico cat painted on hot press paper. Below is the cold pressed beginners' version. Thank you to Miroslav Gecovic on Pixabay...

Rachel
Jan 22, 20242 min read


$13+ Bunny on Glow Up Advanced Watercolor Tutorial
This is an in depth course level 3ish hours of watercolor painting bliss.  This painting takes time and I don't recommend trying to...

Rachel
Jan 22, 20242 min read


Golden Retriever 2023
This is a highly edited in depth tutorial that is more at the level of a course as I go in depth about my supplies, techniques, mixing,...

Rachel
Jan 14, 20241 min read


3 Holiday Trees -
I'll demonstrate 3 trees in this tutorial - 2 could actually be an time of the year, but the last one is a Christmas tree I'll use...

Rachel
Jan 14, 20241 min read


Best of 2023...
"Bunny on Glow Up" - my last painting of 2023 - available as a print, original, and watercolor tutorials! Our greatest weakness lies in...

Rachel
Jan 6, 20242 min read


Cat on Monroe - Master wet on wet watercolor!
If you want to learn more about how to control your wet in wet techniques more effectively, this is the tutorial for you, even if you...

Rachel
Nov 24, 20231 min read
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