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Advanced Bay Horse Watercolor Tutorial
This tutorial (more like a demonstration) is not for the faint of heart - this painting took me many more layers than I anticipated,...
Rachel
4 days ago1 min read
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Sketchy Kitten Watercolor Tutorial
I painted this in a half hour and it is meant to be more of an exercise in 'letting go' of expectations and just getting your brushes wet...
Rachel
5 days ago1 min read
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Mouse House Watercolor Flower Tutorial
Thank you to Marian Payne for this most excellent muse!
Rachel
5 days ago1 min read
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Beginner Daisies Guest Watercolor Tutorial
Thank you to Linda Latimer for this beautiful tutorial of daisies!
Rachel
5 days ago1 min read
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Values do the work, color steals the glory!
"Jim's Barn", available for a limited time in the $9 tier at patreon.com/rachelsstudio I love the quote "values do all the hard work, but...
Rachel
Mar 34 min read
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Orange Tabby Wet in Wet Watercolor $8+
There is so much to learn in this new tutorial - I used a new paper - 190 lb Arches cold press - I wet both sides of the paper, and...
Rachel
Mar 11 min read
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Jim Lagasse Red Barn Watercolor Tutorial
This painting presents a wonderful opportunity to practice getting your values accurate in a wet in wet painting scenario without the...
Rachel
Mar 11 min read
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Simple Beginner Kitty - One Color
I painted this not to create a beautiful painting, but to get my brushes wet and play with my paint - I got a new tube of Daniel Smith...
Rachel
Feb 12 min read
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Arctic Fox Advanced Wet in Wet Watercolor Tutorial
At the end of each video I embedded a link to the next session. I will also put links to all three sessions in the descriptions and...
Rachel
Jan 312 min read
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Cardinal with Holly
Cardinal with Holly - Learn not just how to paint THIS cardinal, but how to fix mistakes, the push and pull of painting, how to enhance...
Rachel
Dec 30, 20242 min read
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Festive Sheep Watercolor Tutorial
I recommend watching this tutorial first, or watching a section of it, THEN painting yours. This is not a 'paint by number' type of...
Rachel
Dec 5, 20242 min read
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Biscuit the Basset - Learn Optical Mixing!
https://amzn.to/4cTSq2i - Watercolor Ground This 3.5 hour tutorial will cover so many interesting topics - including the beautiful...
Rachel
Dec 5, 20243 min read
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3 Puffin Paintings
As you can see, I painted these puffins three times. There was something I loved about each painting, and what I loved about this...
Rachel
Dec 5, 20241 min read
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NEW Free Watercolor Batik Video AND Christmas Tree Demo!
TOMORROW!!! - Tune in to watch Barbie Mathis Studio demonstrate how to create the above Poinsettia watercolor batik start to finish...
Rachel
Nov 15, 20243 min read
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Lola's Ribbon - $8+ Tutorial
This is a highly edited, more explained tutorial with beginners in mind, but if you’ve been painting a while, there is still plenty to...
Rachel
Oct 30, 20243 min read
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Beginner Friendly Fox in Snow Watercolor Tutorial - 2 Paintings
This tutorial is suitable for all levels and goes to show that even if you use mostly wet on dry techniques you can still achieve dreamy...
Rachel
Oct 21, 20242 min read
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Fox Walk $8+ Watercolor Tutorial
Key Takeaways - 🎨 If you are new to my tutorials please read this entire post 🎨 You do not need to use my exact colors. Focus more on...
Rachel
Oct 10, 20242 min read
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Advanced Sea Turtle Watercolor Tutorial
I have included 2 reference photos and their line drawings in case you don't want to use the istock version - if you use it and want to...
Rachel
Sep 11, 20242 min read
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PastelMat Black Cat Watercolor Experiments
This paper is SO exciting and in this film you'll see me put it through its paces with lovely results. I use advanced wet in wet...
Rachel
Sep 10, 20241 min read
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These unknown papers yield magical watercolor effects...
Hi all! Tomorrow I will have a free video about painting on pastelmat which yields beautiful soft edges and seamless blends that I'm...
Rachel
Aug 18, 20242 min read
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