Welcome to my Patreon tutorials library!

Beginner tutorials

How to swatch

A short technique video about water-soluble pencils and how I swatch them to better pick my color palettes.

Sunrise seascape

Beginner techniques & a simple, smooth sea landscape with a few basic watercolor pencil colors.

Watercolor seascape lesson

Basic seascapes with minimal supplies, later add mountains, birds, a boat...Enjoy!

Painting with a limited palette: Why & how to

Why a limited palette is often recommended and how it works!

Backgrounds with watercolor pencils

3 ways to watercolor pencil backgrounds! What technique to use, and when it's best.

Three watercolor pencil landscapes

Explore my new, easy and fun techniques to quickly paint gorgeous landscapes!

Watercolor pencil Christmas card

An easy-to-draw subject, the candy cane, with basic watercolor pencil techniques.

Watercolor Christmas tree card

A very easy watercolor card that is quick to make and stunning!

Watercolor pencils VS. Colored pencils

A key difference between both mediums, and key mistake to avoid.

Watercolor pencil lead techniques

Explore useful watercolor pencil lead techniques and paint anything with them!

Watercolor pencil basic techniques

This tutorial will teach you exactly how to color, and how to activate watercolor pencils.

How to fix stained edges

Annoyed by paint creeping underneath the masking tape and ruining the edges? Here's a and easy quick solution.

Dry brush technique

Learn how to execute the dry brush technique and what purpose it serves in a watercolor painting.

Layering vs glazing

What's the difference between layering and glazing? The answer in this quick technique demo!

How to paint from a watercolor block

One of the most confusing supplies for a beginner, find out how it works in this short tutorial.

How to paint tones

This tutorial focuses on different way you can create several tones of color in a watercolor painting, to build nice contrast.

How to paint details for realism

I'll show you how different paintbrushes perform for painting detail, and what techniques are best.

Flat wash (on dry)

Practice a simple flat wash that looks smooth. You will learn about my supplies and technique strategy so it becomes easy. Demo in real time.

How to soften edges

Learn the difference between a hard and a soft edge, and how to transform a hard edge into a soft one. I'll also show you potential mistakes to avoid.

Paint confident lines

Confident lines take a tad of practice and getting to know your paintbrush. I'll give you my strategies and show you how to make them thin too.

How to use Aqua Bronze gold powder

A short demo tutorial to show you different ways to include this gold powder to your paintings, and things to plan for when using it.

Snowy mountain peak

A painting that looks so realistic you won't believe it's easy, and it's done with watercolor markers entirely :)

How to add white gouache for highlights

Do you have trouble finding the right consistency for white gouache, when adding it on top of your artworks? This quick tutorial will help you!

Realistic tree for beginners

This real-time tutorial will teach you my favorite basic tree painting techniques I use for realism.

Easy watercolor night sky (Halloween vibes)

We will explore wet-in-wet painting with this tutorial, and we will use masking fluid or white gouache or watercolor for the moon.

Magical portion flask (Halloween watercolor)

I'll show you a simple and quick way to paint glass and reflections with this small magical flask tutorial for beginners, in real-time.

Witchy cauldron (Halloween watercolor)

In this fun tutorial, you're going to learn simple techniques for realism.

Creepy pumpkin (Halloween watercolor)

Let's paint a scary pumpkin! It takes a few colors and strokes, let's dive in:)

Basic watercolor sky

We will use the flat wash technique, on dry paper, to create a basic sky with only two colors.

Watercolor Christmas present

Paint this beautiful and realistic Christmas present. This real-time tutorial is 30-mn long.

Watercolor Christmas bauble

A short tutorial, using only two colors, for a very realistic result! Beginners start here :)

Watercolor Christmas cookie

An easy star shaped cookie for major Christmas vibes! Learn to create the color gold at the same time.

Watercolor tutorials

Dog portrait

My step-by-step color palette plus layering process to nail animal portraits like this dog painting, enjoy!

Pumpkin illustration

Get creative with a simple subject like this pumpkin and only 2 colors that look excellent together!

Raven and rock

A gorgeous and simple painting using only two colors, perfect for late beginners and beyond!

Graphitint forest

A moody forest with the Graphitint pan set by Derwent! You can also use regular watercolor to paint it.

Leaf on water

A tutorial to learn wet-in-wet, the soft blending of complementary colors, and building depth in a painting.

Nordic cabin

We will play with granulating paints and medium. Note that if you have neither, it's no problem to follow along!

Sunset seascape

Only 3 colors to create a soothing seascape with a vibrant glow and a few details. Enjoy!

Lighthouse in mist

A dreaming painting to learn how to turn a boring reference and lots of whites into a gorgeous piece.

Deep blue sea

The realistic way to paint waves with watercolors, as easily (and lazily) as possible! Enjoy :)

Sandy shores

A delightful tutorial for those who want to paint realistic seascapes with the use of white gouache.

Desert scene

How to build stunning realism through layers, and use glazing as a way to finish your piece.

Mediterranean boat

Techniques for loose realism, on wet and on dry, with as usual, simple supplies and simple colors!

Window scene

A tutorial to learn and marry loose and realistic effects, and paint realistic whites, all with bold creative decisions.

Dock on the lake

A painting showcasing many ways to bring contrast to a piece of art, with a simple color palette. enjoy!

Mossy branch

Perfect tutorial to paint magical effects, with an abstract background and a graceful mossy branch!

Seashell in sunrise

With this tutorial, we'll practice adding depth through strokes, contrast, and working with the notorious "mud"!

Velvet exercise

A powerful exercise to practice becoming really comfortable with water contral, paint ratios and more!

Mountain tops

A simple painting with just the right amount of detail for more realism,using granulating watercolors and textured paper.

Escape to Norway

Learn how to create color harmony, paint grassy lands, and balance highlights and shadows beautifully.

Enjoy!

Breathtaking mountain scene

A great tutorial to learn to paint on wet for as long as can be. The process can easily be split into layers otherwise.

Train in snow

A great tutorial to learn to paint complex detail in the easiest possible way, using "lazy" techniques, have fun!

Cabin in snow

A relaxing painting, for a soft and cozy winter atmosphere, step-by-step,

enjoy!

Mushroom

An enchanting painting with a one-layer background, that you can break down into more layers if you like.

Little green hood

A fun tutorial to learn and paint fabric that looks realistic, with a simple background and sketch, enjoy!

Magical forest

Explore or re-explore my magical forest techniques with this tutorial! Beginners are welcome to try it :)

Autumn leaves

Intermediates and advanced learners will enjoy the challenge of tackling wet-in-wet on such a large sheet!

Dancing birds

The perfect tutorial for beginners to learn wet-in-wet while achieving a loose effect, with some realism.

Cotton candy sunrise

This tutorial will teach you how I handle watercolor paper that dries too fast, and still paint gorgeous art!

Mountain pond

A simple painting where I had to fix some things still, a good opportunity to learn how to navigate watercolor painting :)

Rocky shores

Paint rocks and a beautiful boat with few colors. You'll practice painting loose realism and tight details.

Island in lagoon

Let's explore painting transparency and achieving a loose look, with a realistic outcome.

Giant peony

Let's paint a giant peony! We'll dive in the techniques I use to make watercolor brighter.

Boat in calm waters

Learn to paint reflections that suggest water with this simple boat, even when it is barely visible!

Northern shores

With this landscape, learn to balance loose watercolor effects to realistic painting techniques.

Jungle leaves

We'll learn to preserve whites and paint on a large format from a messy reference photo.

Clownfish

We'll work on contrast and realism with this clownfish and water painting. Under 2 hours in real-time.

Inktense pastel flower

We'll explore my favorite techniques to paint realistic and magical florals, with Inktense or watercolor paints.

Negative painting in forest study

You'll practice the negative painting technique: various strategies to make elements come forward or backward.

Mystic Highlands

An exploration of the moody graphitint pan set colors here (you can use regular watercolors). A base on wet and beautiful details on dry.

misty forest watercolor painting

Misty pines close-up

We will practice specific techniques for painting trees that are covered in mist for a different take on misty forests landscapes.

Misty pines river

Let's practice a moody landscape with misty pines in a minimalistic river landscape. We will practice painting fine strokes.

Watercolor landscape painting

Purple sea

We will paint a loose background with birds. Excellent exercise to learn to paint small bird shapes!

Christmas snowman

This tutorial will teach you my basic realism painting techniques, the easy way! To use and reuse in other paintings.

Christmas Angel

In this Christmas Holiday tutorial, we will explore using gold powder to embellish a watercolor painting. You can use gold watercolor too!

Street lamp in sunrise

Learn to paint a dreamy landscape with the primaries. We will focus on the color blue, and how to use it in a painting. Enjoy!

Magical oak without sketch

This painting will teach you all my tricks to paint magical stuff from absolutely nothing! Truly magical :)

Elegant pumpkin

You will learn how to preserve bright whites while building realism, and my tricks to how to fix small mistakes.

Autumn forest

Forests are my favorite subject and I'll teach you how to make them magical yet realistic with interesting techniques !

Realistic blonde hair

Learn how to paint realistic blonde hair from start to finish! I will guide you through every step in real-time in this relaxing one-hour tutorial.

Spooky eyes painting

Paint realistic eyes, the easy way! This short tutorial will have you learn how to shape realistic eyes with just three (or even two) colors!

Soothing Waters

Embark on this soothing waters painting journey! You will learn how to approach a dull reference photo and make the most out of it through color and layering.

Swan in paradise

This watercolor painting will teach you valuable tricks to fix mistakes and perfect a painting without overworking it. Loose but oh so realistic all at once!

Graceful trunk in water

I filmed this tutorial for you with watercolors after first painting it with watercolor and charcoal. We will paint beautiful swamp waters and a graceful trunk, real-time.

Watercolor pencil + Inktense tutorials

Fly agaric with Inktense pencils

We'll focus on keeping our whites intact and bring small details to life.

Halloween pumpkin

We'll be coloring and painting with just 5 colors, and focus on building realism with simple techniques.

Inktense ginkgo

Back the basics with the tutorial, but better since we'll learn to paint realism with Inktense pencils.

Inktense Mushroom

We'll work on creating a magical background and fine details with the mushroom and a busy ground.

Magical desert scenery

Beautiful colors, and my best techniques to achieve smooth landscapes, with a good amount of vibrancy. Enjoy!

Inktense Cactus in a jar

A delightful tutorial for those who want to achieve realism without effort, quicky and easily.

Eagle in the rain

We'll be working with a white watercolor pencil , and practice helpful techniques for magical effects!

Clock

A wonderful tutorial to learn how to create creative backgrounds, blend dark colors, and handle details.

Butterflies

How to paint magical watercolor pencil art with my favorite techniques and tools!

Christmas boots

Exploring ways to use the coloring/activating paint technique, embracing "mud", and ways to create highlights!

Pear

Quickest way to paint with watercolor pencils! We'll explore some basic, smart and fun techniques here. Have fun!

Pumpkin

We'll practice the basic techniques of watercolor pencils with this tutorial, with an emphasis on realism.

A walk in the forest (Inktense pencils)

Learn to leverage water-soluble pencils or watercolor pencils, to paint this detailed forest scene.

Cute snowman

We'll use watercolor pencil basic lead techniques that quick and easy to execute, have fun!

White rose

Let's explore a brand new watercolor pencil technique here, easy, simple to execute, nothing fancy needed!

Flower field

A beginner-friendly painting to learn smooth backgrounds, and adding details and texture with watercolor pencils!

Hobbit boat

A fun project based on Hobbiton in New Zealand and the movies The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.

Hobbit door

We'll practice ways to paint a quick background and add incredible texture, with foliage and wood door.

Inktense daisy

How to use Inktense pencils with sanding paper, how to paint and improve whites, and various tips!

Inktense tree

Explore many useful water-soluble pencil techniques with this Inktense tutorial, to create realistic artwork.

Shape study

Learn all my subtle techniques to paint smooth and vibrant studies with Inktense pencils, accessible to all levels!

Berries

Another great tutorial for beginners, laid-back, with simple techniques to balance loose watercolors with more realistic effects.

Buoy

A great tutorial for beginners to practice on! Learn the basic coloring and blending techniques, from a simple sketch!

Sea lion

Let's practice easy techniques with this sea lion! I used the Derwent Graphitint, regular watercolor pencils work too!

Cherry

Let's practice the most basic watercolor pencil technique with a simple cherry painting. Idea for beginners!

Rusty boat

Let's combine both the inktense blocks and the pencils for some beachscape painting fun :) Get ready to dive into creating some texture!

Sunrise on the beach

Let's practice all the basic watercolor pencil techniques to paint a calm landscape and sea foam, with simple supplies.

Rose

In this tutorial, you'll learn to apply watercolor pencils in two different ways and build contrast through layers.

Bird watercolor water-soluble graphite

The singing bird

Join me in this relaxing painting process to paint this cute bird with water-soluble graphite pencils. This tutorial lasts for about 1 hour.

Fiery sunset

We will paint a colorful fiery sunset, with only three colors, and we will go over watercolor pencils' basic techniques.

Elephants on a walk

Let's play with the inktense pencils (or watercolor pencils), and paint this beautiful scene, with the wet-in-wet, and the coloring techniques.

Pastel flamingo

Working with light watercolor pencils can be a real challenge, and this tutorial will help you with strategies to make the art pop.

Watercolor pencil spoon realistic

Silver spoon

Draw this simple spoon with water-soluble graphite and watercolor pencils, and activate, for a short and fun art practice.

Watercolor pencil painting penguins

Penguins on a walk

A fun little painting in which we will use the pencils as a drawing tool, and leverage the water-soluble aspect later on.

Misty mountain peak

A short watercolor pencil tutorial even beginners can attempt! We will go over the main techniques you can leverage these pencils with.

Reflections with water-soluble graphite

Learn to create reflections while leveraging the white of the paper with water-soluble graphite pencils It works with watercolor pencils too!.

Inktense Realistic drop on bokeh

Learn to use the inktense pencils (or watercolor pencils), to create a gorgeous background and realistic drop.

Cozy autumn morning

Let's paint a dreamy background in watercolor pencils, and place an object that pops in the foreground, with only two colors, black and white!

Easy autumn leaf

Try out this beginner painting!
We will explore loose washes, the color and activate technique, as well as ways to add details 
and interesting texture.

Cute furry kitten

This tutorial will teach you how to make the main subject pop and how to draw and then activate the fur. Use watercolor pencils, inktense pencils, or even water-soluble charcoal pencils!

Skin tone with 3 colors

Learn to paint this smooth skin tone with watercolor pencils and only three colors! I will give you plenty of tips to adjust your skin tone painting to your expectations.

Gracious dancer

Paint a female dancer with me!
We will cover skin tones, transparency and you get to see how I problem-solve throughout a painting.

Rusty padlock

Paint a rusty padlock with me!
We will learn how to create shape and texture 
with watercolor pencils.

Dreamy forest

This tutorial focuses on painting smoothly with watercolor pencils. We will explore several techniques to achieve this effect.

Female portrait

Paint a realistic portrait in layerswith graphite water-soluble pencils and watercolor pencils, starting with a loose base layer and finishing with details.

Snail in puddle

Sketch a snail directly with water-soluble pencils, and add color on top later. This easy tutorial is perfect to dive in the world of  watercolor pencil and water-soluble pencils.

Sunset with lighthouse

Let's paint this peaceful and dreamy  scenery with the medium of your choice: watercolor pencils, inktense pencils or even water-soluble charcoal pencils like me!

Watercolor crayons/pastels

Autumn on the Lake

Practice 4 basic watercolor crayon techniques (Neocolor II), with a simple landscape.

Pears

Let's paint some pears using watercolor crayons basic techniques!

Pumpkin

A second version of the pumpkin: after watercolor pencils, try it out with crayons!

Mystical lake

With this moody landscape, learn to paint soft mountains and their reflections in water on wet, while keeping good color harmony between dark and bright tones.

Poppy field

Paint a realistic poppy field and learn to create gorgeous depth of field as well as loose and realistic florals. A cool optional twist has been added to finish this painting.

Charcoal bird

You can paint this bird with watercolors only, or add some charcoal. I'll show you how to do it in real-time, with all necessary modifications for watercolor.

Young ballerina

Learn how to handle transparency with a dark background and leverage the power of layers. You will also learn to create and paint skin tones that look realistic.

Seascape with seagulls

A beginner-friendly landscape in which you will learn to paint a simple sky, sea and mountains. We will add a few seagulls to learn to paint in more detail and make a subject pop.

Northern lands

Practice the wet-in wet technique, color harmony, and adding great contrast, using your own colors, 
to paint the beautiful northern lands and a waterfall.

Other tutorials

Galaxy (Watercolor inks)

How to turn a complete fail into a beautiful galaxy with doubts, frustration and sucess, the entire process!

Gouache cloudy sky

We'll explore a fun gouache technique to get your paintings to look silky smooth, in less time and less paint!

Water lily (oil pastels)

You'll learn how to use oil pastel supplies, how to apply, how to blend, how to tackle detail, and how to add finishing touches.

Cute snowman (watercolor markers)

Join me for this short and fun real-time tutorial, accessible to all, including beginners.

Figure painting with watercolor markers

Let's dive into the world of watercolor markers! With only 3 colors, we will paint a statue with forest background.

Avocado in gouache

Let's paint a simple shape with gouache. I'll show you how to handle color and layer gouache to make this avocado realistic.

Trees in colored pencil

Let's practice colored pencils! We will draw simple trees, learn to add contrast and smart highlights for colored pencil art.

Toad in black stone pencil

Try this fun black stone pencil, a pleasure to color and blend! I'll show you how to use it on tan paper, with a white pencil.

Drawing tutorials

Female portrait

I treat sketching like a puzzle and you will learn how I proceed to draw an accurate portrait with nothing more than a few approximate measurements.

Intuitive sketching lesson

Let's sketch a challenging figure with easy techniques you can use with any new project you want to tackle. This in-depth lesson will build your skills and confidence.

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Patrons support their creator in exchange for a service.
I chose to offer real-time, detailed drawing and painting tutorials, as if you were with me painting, and loads of help and inspo!
For a low monthly fee, you will have access to this library of tutorials as well as various benefits. This also depends on the tier you select (the higher the tier, the more you have access to).
No strings attached: Patrons can cancel their membership freely, downgrade or upgrade their tier anytime!).

My library is updated monthly and I offer:
  • Watercolor + watercolor pencils tutorials, as well as one surprise medium each month (gouache, ink, markers, pastels... You name it!). Occasional drawing tutorials as well.
  • Art critiques
  • Artist Q&As
  • All sketches, supplies list and reference photos
  • Behind-the scenes, polls, sneak peeks...
Browse my tutorials below. See you on  Patreon!

Here are more tutorials available online:

Etchr Studio collaborations

In this free live demo, learn how to paint a realistic autumn leaf starting with a simple sketch and fun watercolor techniques.
In this mini workshop, learn how to nail light and foliage with an autumn forest watercolor painting. We will explore my secret technique for loose foliage that looks realistic !

Art Philosophy collaboration

Learn to paint palm tree silhouettes that pop against a dreamy sky !
This watercolor kit includes a paper pad, the Classics set and a real time tutorial with voice over.
Snag a discount on Art Philosophy's kits and products with my code BLAYACFINEART15%