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Getting Started Right (Remastered, Classic) (Watercolor – Beginning) Jan Kunz gives you a head start in watercolor. Learn about brushes, watercolor papers, setting up a pallet & brush techniques from basic washes to negative painting. See how to soften edges, prevent run backs and reduce complicated areas to paintable passages. Get tips on corrective measures, how to lift whites, as well as paint dew drops, wood grain and much more. Two pai… |
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Video Series for Beginning Watercolor Painters, Volume 2: Brushwork, Washes, and Textures [VHS] $25.95 The second in the 5-volume series, this video shows you how to do brushwork with the flat or aquarelle brush and the round brush, how to create soft or hard edges, and how to do basic washes. It teaches you techniques for glazing or layering paint, demonstrates a variety of textural effects and discusses what goes “wrong” in watercolor (backwashes, balloons, color bleeding, uneven color, etc.) and… |
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Video Series for Beginning Watercolor Painters, Volume 5: Composition for Landscaping and Still Life [VHS] $24.25 … |
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Watercolor Basics DVD $34.99 Based on my “Exploring Watercolor Workshop”. You will have an intimate view of how to simplify the painting process while exploring the watercolor medium. “Watercolor Basics” is filled with information on brushes, pigments, mixing color, keeping colors clean, values and practical knowledge. Release the obstacles that hold you back and have fun. Follow easy step-by-step exercises. Highly recommende… |
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Beginning Watercolor Journaling $28.85 … |
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Scheewe Art Workshops, Series 9C (13 episodes) Beginning Watercolor $33.71 … |
Watercolor Beginning!
Beginning a Watercolor Painting with Nancy Couick – Part 2 of 5
Watercolor Beginning Questions
watercolor paint?
i have used acrylic paints for a long time and today i bought some watercolor paints for the first time. the only watercolor paints i have ever used were the roseart watercolors as a child. i would assume that actual watercolor paints out of a tube wouldn’t be as simple as diluting it in water. what do i need to do to begin painting?
If you use poor quality supplies you will never get results that you will be happy with. I prefer “Arches” paper, but it can really depend on the price and you get what you pay for. Try to get 150 lb. paper at least. You don’t need expensive brushes but you do need good synthetic ones. You will need a large one for wetting and painting large areas and a small one (than can be a liner to paint a thin line) You will need at least 2 more, possibly number 6 and 8. To check that it has a good point, wet the brush and tap the side to shake off the water. It should go to a point. Once you have some practice you can add some sable brushes to your equipment. As far as paints go there are some pretty good tubes of student brands but my preference is Winsor Newton if you can afford it. Any good book will tell you about what paints to buy, but you will ultimately have to make up your mind. I would avoid all cadmium colours until you have some experience. Never use white, (white is from the white in the paper) and ultramarine blue mixed with burnt sienna makes a terrific black and enough browns to suit most needs. All you need is a large white plate or even a styrofoam egg carton. You can try putting out the colours you need each time in the carton and then mixing them on a plate. If you let your paints dry in the carton it is also portable and they will keep indefinitely. Many artists have a large palette with a lid and they put out a whole tube of paint at a time in each of the sections and let them dry completely.
Good luck.
Watercolour is fun!
Watercolor Painting – Key of Controlling Water
Remember the story of Goldilocks and the three bears, in which the porridge was too hot, too cold, and just right? Switch the porridge with water, and the same is true for watercolor paper and brushes. It’s too wet, too dry, or just right. When you know how to deal with each condition, your watercolor painting will be much easier.
When you paint, you’ll start with a damp brush. Sometimes you’ll dampen the paper with water and thereby make the brush damp. Next scoop up some paint in the hairs of the brush. Apply the paint to the paper that is dry or wet, depending on the look you want. When changing the color, first rinse the previous color in water, and then pick up the next color.
A big key to success is even wetness. And sometimes to achieve that, you have to let everything dry and start fresh on the next layer. Especially if you’re painting a large area, it’s difficult to have the same wetness everywhere. You may get puddles in one area, while another is beginning to dry out. When you see parts of the painting becoming dry, the best plan is to let everything dry and start again in another layer. Say this with me: “When in doubt, dry it out.”
Watercolor has a magic time. It’s just as the shine is about to leave the paper, when the paper is damp with no puddles or dry spots. This is the perfect time for all the techniques or using a chisel-ended brush to scrape paint away.
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