Take up a new hobby like watercolour painting
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The best thing with watercolour painting is that you do not need to know how to paint . . . yes, you have read correctly. You will be amazed how the paint seems to take over and do the work for you. What exactly is watercolour painting
It is great for learning and developing other artistic skills. Being non-toxic, makes it a popular and safe medium to use. Watercolour painting is a wonderful way to express one’s artistic mind and it is not very costly and provides a beautiful finish overall. Watercolour paper
Watercolour artworks are usually created on paper. Therefore, paper quality, texture, and thickness are also critical painting. paints could lead when when Too the painting it much paper comes water to on to tear. light watercolour in your paper Pigments Artists usually and add Gouache an opaque pigment to watercolours like lead white or body colours, also known as gouache. This method allows artists to create works with less transparency and greater colour intensity. If like me, you will be amazed by the intensity of some of the watercolours, they are like stunning. Want to start? Proper art supplies
You will learn all about this if you register to attend say a community education class in your area, plus a specialty art supplies shop will also be able to assist you.
Having the right tools in your toolkit makes a world of difference. Using quality materials is essential to give you results that you will be happy with. Paint:
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It is essential that you use proper watercolour paper. Paper comes in a sheet, a pad, a block or a roll. I use a pad that is lightly glued on all four sides. You can easily separate these pages when you have done your painting, but the advantage with this type of pad is that the pages stay nice and tight while painting.
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Get all your equipment out before you start, it will make it much easier.
Paper towels are going to be one of your best friends on your watercolour painting journey, so keep plenty on hand. You will use it to clean your brush, dab your brush, and dab the paper as you work.
A painting palette is essential for watercolour colours, mix before add applying painting water, and paint so get you to the can your right mix paper.
Scratch paper is helpful to test your shades and water-to-paint ratio before moving to your final piece.
Masking or painter tape is a great tool to use to tape off your borders and make clean edges to frame your painting. Make sure your edges are sealed tightly so paint does not seep through.
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