Painting with Watercolors for Beginners – The Postman's Knock | watercolor painting for beginners
BeforeIstartedwritingthispost,Idecidedtoconductsomeonlineresearchonpaintingwithwatercolorsforbeginners.Thatway,Ireasoned,Iwouldn’tglossoveranypoints,andIcouldcraftanaltogetherbetterpost.And…holymoly.Ipersonallyusewatercolorsallthetime,andtheinformationIfoundonGoogleoverwhelmedme.Afterreadingtoomany“informationoverload”articles,Ithrewupmyhandsanddecidedtogorogue.Inthispost,you’llfindthesimplepointsthatIthinkareimportantifyou’retryingyourhandatwatercolorsforthefirsttime.Evenifyou’reabeginner,y...
Before I started writing this post, I decided to conduct some online research on painting with watercolors for beginners. That way, I reasoned, I wouldn’t gloss over any points, and I could craft an altogether better post. And … holy moly. I personally use watercolors all the time, and the information I found on Google overwhelmed me. After reading too many “information overload” articles, I threw up my hands and decided to go rogue. In this post, you’ll find the simple points that I think are important if you’re trying your hand at watercolors for the first time.
Even if you’re a beginner, you can use watercolor to create beautiful projects (like this botanical letter[1]).Before We Get Started …This beginner’s tutorial focuses on watercolor basics. If you want to learn the basics and much, much more, consider enrolling in TPK’s The Ultimate Beginner’s Watercolor Online Course[2]. With its 10+ hours of video instruction, it’s one of the most thorough watercolor cou...