Tag Archives: watercolors

is there a good website that teaches the basics of watercolor painting with a few examples?

I love to draw and I want to start painting but I know nothing about it, so I’m starting with watercolors. I have a decent brand of watercolors (not the children’s paint palette kind) and some decent weight paper and brushes. I don’t want to go all out spending my money on high quality stuff … Continue reading

How can I make my picture look good with cheap watercolor paints?

I drew a picture of the anime character Kallen Kozuki and I wanted to paint it with watercolors, but I’ve only got those cheap ones that you get in a kid’s craft section (because I don’t have money for better ones or knowledge of where to get them without ordering online). There’s about twenty or … Continue reading

How much water should I mix with my acrylic paint to achieve a watercolor effect?

Unfortunately I can’t get my hands on any actual watercolors.

can watercolor paint be used with gouache paint?

Hi, I was wondering if I could use watercolor paint with gouache paint? What I was wondering is , are they compatible? I read somewhere that gouache was opaque watercolor, so I was wondering if I could use a white gouache paint with my watercolors? Has anyone tried this and if so what was your … Continue reading

What to paint in watercolor?

Can someone send me a link of a picture that I can paint in watercolor. I haven’t done much watercolor before, but I am pretty expereinced with pastel and pencil, and have done very few watercolors, but also have all the supplies. All I want is a link to a nice picture I could paint. … Continue reading

how do you use watercolor tube paint?

i have a project in art and i need to use watercolors. i bought tubes of watercolor paint but i need some one to tell me how to use it. help???

How do I paint in a watercolor notebook?

My friend gave me a really nice watercolor Moleskine for Christmas, and I do intend to use it once I get a bit better at the art. However, I was thinking about the nature of watercolors, and when I do use it I’m not sure how to go about painting in it without it effecting … Continue reading

can you use watercolor to paint on wood?

I have two large wood panels and I would like to paint something on them. while I can use acrylic, I would prefer watercolor. only I don’t know if that’s possible as I’ve only painted watercolors on 140lb paper. is this possible? without gesso since that would make the watercolor act differently? how would i … Continue reading

What kind of paint will watercolor stick to?

I like to make cardboard weapons and I’m really cheap so I’m using whatever cardboard I can find and I got some boxes, problem is, they’re ‘cardboard’ color and I need to paint it gradient blue with watercolors. I was thinking I could paint it white first and then paint watercolors over that, but watercolors … Continue reading

Where can I buy really cheap acrylic and watercolor paint?

I’m sort of a cheapy when it comes to art supplies. I don’t care about quality– i can work using the worst paints and still get a nice outcome. Where can I buy a lot of acrylic paint for cheap? What about watercolors? I’ll need other supplies too, but my main focus now is paint. … Continue reading