In preparation of today’s 1/6/21 livestream for my patrons all about watercolor mixing, I’ve assembled a collection of my introductory watercolor blog posts with videos. Info in them has been updated, since when I wrote them I knew next to nothing!
Getting Started: Watercolor Paper and Pan Paints
Getting Started: Watercolor Brushes I
Getting Started: 17 Watercolor Techniques
Watercolor: Brushes II: Synthetic vs Natural Hair
Brush Care
Understanding Daniel Smith Watercolor Ratings Chart
Getting to know Daniel Smith Watercolors: Dot charts
Getting to know Daniel Smith Watercolors: Essentials set
Getting to know Daniel Smith Watercolors: Primateks
Choosing your own watercolor palette
My 2019-2021 crafty palette
An ode to tiny palettes (for travel)
Unboxing and swatching 2 art mediums
A watercolor hex chart? (spoiler alert: no)
Daniel Smith Luminescent Watercolors
Comparing gold metallic watercolors
Using watercolor grounds
Watercolor sketchbook flipthrough & review
Which watercolors play nice together? Easy testing and doodling
Comparing 3 watercolor paper textures
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Need more inspiration?
Here’s the whole collection! If a link isn’t clickable yet, know that the topic is on the to-do list for 2021! Each Saturday a different one goes live.
Themes: Rainbow | Snowmen | Wreaths | Bunnies | Human Rainbow | Glass | Birds | Summer Fun | Fall | Halloween | Winter | Christmas | Underwater | Night Skies
Techniques: No-Line coloring | Alcohol Ink | Pen and Ink | Fine Art | Coloring with Ink pads | Interactive | Coloring dies | Shaped cards | Coloring on colored papers | Slimline cards
Misc: EH Leading Ladies | EH Flowers | EH Critters | Stamping basics | Design Tips | Masking | Tools | Water-based markers
Copic: Copic Marker Basics | Copic Beginner | Copic Intermediate | Copic Advanced | Copic Flowers | Copic Color Studies | Copic airbrush
Colored Pencil: Colored Pencil Basics | Colored Pencil Beginner | Colored Pencil Intermediate | Colored Pencil Advanced | Colored Pencil Flowers
Watercolor: Watercolor Basics | Watercolor Beginner | Watercolor Intermediate | Watercolor Advanced | Watercolor Flowers | Watercolor Powders | Stamped Watercolor | Watercolor Pencil
wow, great to see that when I search for something watercolour related I can go to one place and find your awesome
videos, tips and tricks. Thank you so much Sandy for all the time and effort you put in this kind of things for us.
Stay safe and have a great week.
Thanks for all this information in one place!!