How to Paint a Rainy Day Scene in Watercolor

I think it’s interesting that this rainy day scene doesn’t actually involve painting raindrops. It’s about finding a way to capture the effects that all those raindrops have on the environment they are falling on.

Watercolor Christmas Gift Tag | Snowy Ornament

For this particular gift tag, I picked a reference photo that I immediately felt inspired to give a try but would be more approachable if I shrunk it down and treated it like a mini watercolor illustration.

Paint With MeSusan ChiangDecember 22, 2022painting challenge, monthly challenge, challengeComment

Artful August 2022

Come along for a flip-through of the pages from inside my 2022 Artful August mixed media watercolor sketchbook.

Paint With MeSusan ChiangSeptember 8, 2022painting challenge, monthly challenge, challenge Comments

Watercolor Beach Waves

Sharing the process behind how I chose to simplify a beach waves photo into a watercolor postcard painting

Paint With MeSusan ChiangJuly 21, 2022paintwithmechallenge, postcard, summer, beach, ocean Comments

Watercolor Bridge & Thoughts on Perspective

Paint With MeSusan ChiangSeptember 16, 2021paintwithmechallengeComment

Stormy Watercolor Clouds

Paint With MeSusan ChiangAugust 12, 2021paintwithmechallenge, stormycloudsComment

Blue Sky & Clouds Watercolor Landscape

Paint With MeSusan ChiangJune 17, 2021paintwithmechallenge, blue skies Comments

Ink & Wash Watercolor Doorway

Paint With MeSusan ChiangMay 20, 2021ink and watercolor wash, paintwithmechallenge Comments

Watercolor Dawn Purple Sunrise Painting - My painting progress over 9 months

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Misty Landscape Watercolor in Monochrome

Misty landscapes are great to paint with watercolors as the medium really lends itself to creating the softness and depth found in these soft hazy scenes. Here’s my process of painting a monochromatic misty landscape.

Winter Cabin Watercolor Painting Process

In this blog post, I bring you inside my head and explain to you the planning process and the way I approached the layers for this winter cabin watercolor painting. You can also watch a timelapse video to see my actual painting process!

Wet On Wet Watercolor Hummingbird

If you've been around the world of watercolor for a little bit you've probably already know of the term "wet on wet".

And if you haven't, that's ok! It's one of the basic watercolor techniques that in simplest terms means applying paint onto wet paper (as opposed to dry paper).