How To WaterColor

Let me start by telling you that painting with watercolors is more difficult than any other painting technique. Knowing this should not keep you from trying to master the watercolor technique because watercolor paintings are also the most beautiful paintings around. Just go for it and let your imagination and creativity lead you. Ones you master watercolor painting, any other painting technique will be like a walk in the park.

Before you start though make sure you have the following watercolor art supplies around either from your local art shop or your favorite online watercolor paint supplies store. You will need; watercolor paper, watercolor paint (tubes or pans just make sure it is quality paint), distilled water, watercolor brushes (quality preferred), and something you can not buy at the store creativity.

Having all the supplies you need does not mean that there is nothing more to know. You will need some knowledge on the techniques on how to watercolor. You need to know what kind of paint to use. Find information on some essentials of what kind of paint to use for your watercolor painting. If you just go ahead and use any kind of paint you will be very disappointed in the result although the painting is quite good but the wrong choice of paint ruined your painting.

Also the choice of watercolor paper is something you might struggle with, the best tip I can give here is try a few different kinds and see what works best for you. Paper and brushes are usually very personal.

As for water I advice you to use distilled water, this does not contain any acids so your painting will not fade after a while because of the acids. Most city water contains chloride which will fade the colors in your painting.

As mentioned before already watercolor brushes is something personal but most of the watercolor artists walk away with sable hair natural hair brushes or the squirrel hair brush. They might be a bit more expensive but well worth it.

Last but not least is your imagination and creativity these two things will make your watercolor painting the most outstanding because it is all yours and because of that so unique. But just go out there and paint it takes a lot of practise and failure before you can hand over the knowledge on how to watercolor.