subject: Learn Watercolor Painting - How To Paint Using Watercolor [print this page] Do you want to know how to paint using watercolor? Here are some tips.
The first thing that you have to do is to gather all the basic materials that you need paints, brushes, a palette, paper, and boards. I suggest that you get a hold of these basic paint colors: New Gamboge, Permanent Rose, French Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna, and Sap Green (Holbein). The properties of color can be described from diverse points of view. A particular color can be distinguished by its comparative temperature, or by its difference in value. It would also be helpful to have a variety of paint brushes, such as a no. 5 round (with less of a sharp point), no. 6 round, no. 8 round, no. 10 round, and one inch flat (2.5cm).
As for the palette, find one which has wells that are deep enough to accommodate at least a 5ml tube of watercolour paint, and offer enough mixing areas for all the puddles of color you will be mixing. Use a sturdy medium-textured paper that will allow you to achieve deep values of color, and live up to any necessary roughness. Lastly, you can choose to buy a masonite board, a foam core or gator board, or a plexiglass board.
After knowing the basic painting tools, you can start putting one of your many painting ideas on paper. To start your puddle of color, take your watercolor brush and touch the bottom of your clean water container. Take your fully loaded brush, and either thump it a couple of times in your mixing well to release the water, or slide the brush against the rim of your mixing well to release the water.
One thing to remember about how to paint using watercolour is that not every brush stroke will be exactly how you imagined it to be. But regardless, your mistakes will eventually help you learn how to create a masterpiece.
