Good Basic Watercolor Painting Avoids Disappointment!

Recently, I was criticized for an incredibly simple 2 stage learn how to paint watercolors course. I hold my hand up high - the critic is absolutely right...

It was aimed at artist beginners who wanted to learn to paint without having to learn to draw first. This meant that although they may not be too good at drawing, they could still get started painting. Painting landscapes, still-life painting, portraits and mechanical objects can come later.

Here are 2 reasons why you should return to basic watercolor painting techniques...

1. Before you paint the Mona Lisa it is a good idea to know how to paint

2. It is wonderful when things are going badly wrong to return to basics

It is true that there are unusually lucky people. When they pick up a box of paints and a brush they can easily paint their first watercolor landscape painting. They never seem to struggle with their art. Such fortunate people are a minority.

Alternatively, like you and me, most of us aren't blessed with such talents...

* Learning to paint watercolors is hard

* It can seem almost impossible to paint a good watercolor picture

Each and every brush mark can be a nightmare of colors mixing badly and color washes flooding into areas of your painting that you don't want.

All too soon you can turn your great art ideas into a muddy shambles. When you do you are lost. Unless you understand what is happening when watercolor paint flows across the paper, your painting will never get better...

* When you look you can see how color is carried by water on watercolor paper

* Understanding that you will wreck a color wash if you haven't left it to dry before adding the nest wash

* It is a great idea to learn how to get a range of different color intensities and tone from a single color before adding another color to the mix

As the old saying goes... "Don't try to run before you can walk"

Watercolor painting can quickly convince you that you have no artistic talent. It can make you look like you have no painting skills. It is a shame to become disheartened when your watercolors go wrong.

Which do you think is better?

"Frustration and disappointment from failure... or a fundamental knowledge of how simple and easy watercolor painting really works?"

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Reveal your artist within and learn to paint watercolors a straightforward and natural way. Along with your free drawing lesson you can guarantee that you gain experience fast.

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