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Watercolour is usually described as difficult and unforgiving. It is neither, once you accept that you are not painting with pigment so much as steering water. Almost every beginner problem - blooms, mud, hard edges, buckling paper - comes from a mismatch in how wet two things are, and each one has a specific cause.
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Paint, Paper, and Brushes: Where the Money Actually Matters
Of the three things you buy, one determines almost everything and beginners routinely buy the cheapest version of it. Here is how to spend sensibly.
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The Only Skill That Matters: Controlling How Wet Things Are
Every characteristic watercolour effect, good and bad, comes from the relationship between how wet the paper is and how wet the brush is. Learn to read both and the medium stops being unpredictable.
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Mixing, Layering, and Your First Real Paintings
Watercolour has no white paint, so light must be planned before the first stroke. Here is how to think in layers and what to paint first.