All paper will wrinkle/cockle if it isn't taped. Hot pressed watercolour is least likely to, and much better for things like taking out colour. It generally has a smooth texture, though rough is available. Cold pressed/NOT watercolour paper is more likely to and isn't so good for things like taking out, though tends to be cheaper. It has a textured surface. Kardi paper, an Indian paper made with cotton rags, is good for 'loose' work but still needs tapeing. You can't tape the sides because it has a decaled(uneven)edge. You have to use double sided tape underneath. It's fairly cheap though. It's texture is slightly rough and it tends to 'pool' water when creating a wash. All comes down to personal preference and style of working . My tutor gets us to use all 3 so we learn how each reacts differently.
Ive got 140lb/300gsm watercolor paper and it works nicely. Another tip i learned in my painting class is to completely tape down the piece to a surface. It prevents it from curling and warping while painting, really helpful. (We stuck the paper to old boards, but anything you can solidly stick it to should work)
Man how do people get their watercolour to spread so evenly and nicely like that, I usually end up using too little water or my brush just doesn’t absorb enough of the pain haha
It seems she is doing wet on wet technique. Also depends on the peper, normally I use canson hot press paper, but when i need something special and really nice transitions I use Fabriano classic
i usually dont do watercolors, but for me in other mediums i wouldn't just do a flat blue for a sky, usually its a slightly darker blue at the top and lighter blue at the bottom.
Just grab a little on your brush and take it to a mixing palette and dilute it with water! Or if you don't like the paint to be wet before diluting you can also let it dry on your palette and then reactivate with water!
You can squeeze some in a pan/on a palette then let it dry overnight. If you do that it behaves the same as 'pan' watercolour paint does The problem with useing it straight from the tube is even adding water it tends to go on too thick,and look like acrylic. Watercolour should be translucent. To get it darker/stronger you build up layers of paint one on top of the other. Traditionally watercolour artists work from light to dark,white being the white of the paper. They don't even use black or grey, they mix black from other colours (colour theory), then dilute it for grey. My tutor is a hard taskmaster 😊
you can put a small bit on your paper, and instead of just mixing all of it with water i like to drag a bit of it out and add water because then i can make it me saturated by dragging more of the paint out, i hope that makes sense i’m bad at explaining haha
A gradient is just transitioning from one thing to another gradually. Both of the last ones are gradients. To "transparent" in watercolor just means a gradient from magenta to white. The other one is a gradient from magenta to orange to yellow. They're both gradients. Pretending words mean something else doesn't change their meaning. And it's kinda disturbing coming from people trying to "educate". And weird.
I have an Android, went to my friend's wedding recently, my friend has an Apple but everyone fell in love with my picture quality, was better than theirs apparently, all ended up using my phone for the pics 🤷🏻♀️
One question, what paper should we use so that it doesn't become wrinkly?
Watercolor gsm paper! There are different thickness, so you might have to try a couple to see what you like but a really popular one is 300 gsm
Watercolor paper! I use the second cheapest option at my Walmart and it works well enough for what I'm doing with it
the paper still gets wrinkly, but better quality paper and taping down the paper can help reduce the warping
All paper will wrinkle/cockle if it isn't taped.
Hot pressed watercolour is least likely to, and much better for things like taking out colour. It generally has a smooth texture, though rough is available.
Cold pressed/NOT watercolour paper is more likely to and isn't so good for things like taking out, though tends to be cheaper. It has a textured surface.
Kardi paper, an Indian paper made with cotton rags, is good for 'loose' work but still needs tapeing. You can't tape the sides because it has a decaled(uneven)edge. You have to use double sided tape underneath. It's fairly cheap though. It's texture is slightly rough and it tends to 'pool' water when creating a wash.
All comes down to personal preference and style of working . My tutor gets us to use all 3 so we learn how each reacts differently.
Ive got 140lb/300gsm watercolor paper and it works nicely. Another tip i learned in my painting class is to completely tape down the piece to a surface. It prevents it from curling and warping while painting, really helpful. (We stuck the paper to old boards, but anything you can solidly stick it to should work)
This is very helpful for beginners learning watercolor
Great information Thanks for sharing
Man how do people get their watercolour to spread so evenly and nicely like that, I usually end up using too little water or my brush just doesn’t absorb enough of the pain haha
U have to wet the paper a bit before u apply the paint to the paper
It seems she is doing wet on wet technique.
Also depends on the peper, normally I use canson hot press paper, but when i need something special and really nice transitions I use Fabriano classic
Lovely all
Thank you for sharing friend 🖌🎨💜😍
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Beautiful
Thanks
i usually dont do watercolors, but for me in other mediums i wouldn't just do a flat blue for a sky, usually its a slightly darker blue at the top and lighter blue at the bottom.
Does anyone know the name of the tape? It doesn't looks like masking tape.
Gradients can go to other colors too
How do you work with tube watercolour? Because like it's already wet and I dunno how to dilute to do this
just dilute it more! act like it’s wet pan watercolor. :)
Just grab a little on your brush and take it to a mixing palette and dilute it with water! Or if you don't like the paint to be wet before diluting you can also let it dry on your palette and then reactivate with water!
Water
You can squeeze some in a pan/on a palette then let it dry overnight. If you do that it behaves the same as 'pan' watercolour paint does
The problem with useing it straight from the tube is even adding water it tends to go on too thick,and look like acrylic.
Watercolour should be translucent. To get it darker/stronger you build up layers of paint one on top of the other.
Traditionally watercolour artists work from light to dark,white being the white of the paper.
They don't even use black or grey, they mix black from other colours (colour theory), then dilute it for grey.
My tutor is a hard taskmaster 😊
you can put a small bit on your paper, and instead of just mixing all of it with water i like to drag a bit of it out and add water because then i can make it me saturated by dragging more of the paint out, i hope that makes sense i’m bad at explaining haha
Can't find Watercolor Landscapes class link.
I am learning so much from you than my 4year design school lol! 😂
A gradient is just transitioning from one thing to another gradually. Both of the last ones are gradients. To "transparent" in watercolor just means a gradient from magenta to white. The other one is a gradient from magenta to orange to yellow. They're both gradients. Pretending words mean something else doesn't change their meaning. And it's kinda disturbing coming from people trying to "educate". And weird.
Exactly!
ive always used transitional wash but u do u
This lady making resonance.mp3 painting
Too fast
I see what you did there..
I have an Android, went to my friend's wedding recently, my friend has an Apple but everyone fell in love with my picture quality, was better than theirs apparently, all ended up using my phone for the pics 🤷🏻♀️
That has a lot to do with watercolor painting.
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