Judy, I wrote those articles many years ago now, so it would be difficult to find them anywhere.

When I began painting watercolors in the 90's, I painted nearly every painting twice. The second one always came out better. It took me 6 years and lots of study with workshop teachers along with practice to get really good with that medium. It's taken me just as long to learn oils.

So hang in there. If it were easy, everyone would do it well and art would be an inexpensive commodity.
Lori