New watercolors
At the end of 2018 new watercolor paints produced by Roman Szmal Art were launched on the Polish market. You’ve already probably come across different reviews of these paints and have heard some opinions [...]
Hydrangea preview
In this class we will put into practice two theory lessons from the previous months: Color theory and Tonal values and contrast. It's quite a long project so arm yourself with patience, but it's [...]
Find me – step by step
"Find me" is my first painting this year. I came back to painting after more than a year break. New year started with the launch of my Online Watercolor School and a few more [...]
Watercolor tips
This post is a bit different. Some of you may have already noticed that I post Monday Tips on my Facebook and Instagram. I thought it would be a good idea to gather all tips [...]
Sketches from Indonesia
Welcome back after a long break! You probably already know that I am in Indonesia until June 2018, hence I have a break from publishing and painting. Although, as you can see, not entirely, and [...]
Greens part 1 – theory
Many people think that mixing greens (finding the right green) is a very difficult thing. In this post I would like to show you how to mix paints to get the right green. There are [...]
Greens part 2 – practice
In the first part about greens Greens part 1 - theory we learned basic information on the useful pigments and ways to modify greens, and in this post I will try to show you how [...]
Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration 101
On December 14, 2016 I finished an online course on natural history illustration. In this post I would like to share my experience with you, because it was a complete novelty for me, but thanks [...]
Useful reds
I bet everyone has at least one red color on their palette. I have a bit more reds, because when I paint flowers I see many red shades. In this post I will show you [...]
Attacus Atlas and rambutan tree step by step
For the last illustration for the exhibition during the Museums at Night 2016 event I chose the Giant Atlas Moth in the various stages of development. At first I wanted to paint an orchid which [...]