How to make a watercolor mixing chart step by step
June 6, 2024
You’ve seen them… Right ? Those beautiful looking watercolor charts with a rainbow of fantastic colors. It’s only natural that you want to make one yourself. That’s exactly how I felt when I began my adventure into watercolors. So I looked for a simple…
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How to layer watercolors beautifully
January 18, 2023
Frustrating isn’t it? Like a lot of new watercolorists, I didn’t understand about layering paint. When I started painting I would use too much water and fuss over the wet paint with my brush. I remember enthusiastically painting layer upon layer of paint until…
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How to make a 12 color watercolor wheel
June 6, 2024
I find watercolor mixing fascinating. In my early days as a budding artist, I would dive right into a project and rely on intuition and a bit of luck to mix my colors. My art instructor would tell me “learn color mixing before you…
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Guide to recommended watercolor palette colors
October 13, 2022
I hear it all the time! What color paints do you recommend? This is something that I agonized over when I first started painting with watercolors! The choice of paint colors is staggering, especially when you consider watercolor brands like Daniel Smith (they have…
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Cold Press vs Hot Press watercolor paper – Here’s how to choose !
September 19, 2023
Paper… It’s one of the essential components in watercolor painting. And believe me, when you really get going, you’re going to use a lot of it ! I remember when I started watercolor painting, I went to a huge art store near to where…
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What is tone in Art – a Watercolorists Guide
July 17, 2025
You’ve probably heard artists talking about “tone” when describing art. When I first started watercolor painting I was a bit confused by all the vocabulary. One of my favorite artists Stan Miller talks a lot about value and tone and describes this as one…
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Good Watercolor Brands – Which is Best
October 13, 2022
Looking for good watercolor brands? I know what you’re thinking. There’s a huge choice of watercolors on the market and you haven’t got a clue which are good and which are a waste of time. I was in the same predicament when I started…
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Watercolor Brush Size Chart Free PDF!
October 13, 2022
Confused about watercolor brush sizes? Watercolor brushes come in a confusingly wide range of sizes, shapes, and materials to choose from. One of the most bewildering characteristics of brushes is their size. What do all those numbers mean? 000 or 3/0 or even 1/64”?…
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What is Watercolor Paint? The Things you Should Know
June 5, 2023
So you’re ready to make a dent in the world of watercolors. Good for you. I remember the first watercolor paints I used at school when I was a kid. It was a huge pan set. The colored bricks were as big as my…
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