Watercolors: How To Start Working With Them
Watercolors are a difficult medium to work with. However, they can also be the most rewarding for any beginning artist. This is because the different techniques that you learn as you develop your skills will help you even more when you start working with oils and acrylics. Watercolors are a temperamental medium and learning how to work with the paint and letting it flow properly from your brush to canvas is a great asset for your future development as an artist. How does one start their journey in watercolors?
First of all, you need to get the right materials. Get a good selection of paints Ð high-quality paints usually produce high-quality work because they work well on the paper and the brush. Get a good start set of colors - most sets follow the standard collection of red, blue, white, black, yellow, purple, ochre, umber, and sienna. These starter colors give you a wide range to work with in your starting lessons in the art. The next thing you need to pick up is a set of three brushes: a medium size round brush, a small size round brush, and a flat brush.