7 WATERCOLOR TIPS (For Beginners!)

This is a mix of FAQ and beginner's tips for using watercolors! The biggest tip I can give anyone wanting to get into watercolor is to JUST START! Pick up a cheap set and see how you like them, play around, and see what works! Hopefully this can clear up a few questions I get asked a lot!

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MATERIALS USED:

Micron pens
QOR Watercolors
Simply Simmons brushes (1/4" angle)
Preston's Touch brushes (20/0 round)
Strathmore 140lb. coldpress watercolor paper (5x7)

[samarasalvadormaroto]

1:05 I love how she’s drawn the characters according to the paper 😂

[KeshArt]

The amount of times Ive tried to get into water colors is endless...but im really inspired by the way you use it. with that said, gotta discipline myself to get into it. gonna start chipping away at it. Love your vids btw :)

[Bepetoni]

03:41 Oh jeez. Oh god. Ow. Owwww...This made me feel physical pain.

[JoyJababaNoid]

It hurt me watching her make a hole in one of her drawings.

[casicasillias]

These videos are so high quality. Why aren't you more popular?

[mycelium_]

When she was rubbing her wet brush on the paper and constantly making it worse I felt so uncomfortable and angry 😂

[StarStarParty]

Mmmm that hot press finish is so nice. Im starting to think we are quite opposite on a lot of creative stances, heh.

The overworking of the paper, though... that's just grotesque.

[faefiendplays]

Watercolors make such a pretty effect on drawings. <3

[magdalenaairi]

i have been binge watching your videos for past few days and you inspire me to do watercolor so much but its quite intimidating so this video is really handy 🤗

[zulmie]

am i the only one who finds her painting so satisfying 😍

[milkbaggy__]

Watercolour paper is like a person. It comes off as strong and are better than some other papers but it's not invincible. It falls apart too.
<3
Loved the video Kasey.

[andrewhatesham]

i think the strokes/borders are called "hard edges" :-)

[pranavsholingur]

.... I guess the time has finally come....
I must try using Watercolours

[Nkanyiso_K]

*Have you ever used ink & have some tips? I want to have the best Inktober Ever. I would really appreciate the advice*

[sandramckay]

Out of all of the videos about, "Tips about watercolor!" Yours is the most simple, but the most effective. You genuinely make sense compared to other videos and you give cut-and-dry tips that anyone could use! I genuinely didn't know the difference between cold-press and hot-press (other than texture) until after this video and I've been using watercolor for the past 3 years. Thank you!

[cacheco-mrkl]

I just recently started drawing digitally, and taking it seriously. I've been having a lot of fun with it.
However, seeing your videos has been motivating me to give watercolor a go.
I love your work! Thank you for sharing <3

[lisaleone]

Although I've dabbled for over 40 years, my favorite watercolor project was one I did many years ago: a 12x12 hand-bound book I made for some friends where I depicted them and their adopted toddler son in a dozen different cartoon-y scenes (bath time, camping, pool party, spaghetti dinner, et cetera) as a gift for them when the adoption was finalized. Kind of like "Oh the places you'll go together". It was well-received, and they first kept it on display in their house before eventually unbinding it and framing the individual pages to hang in their family room. I was very proud of that piece. It cemented my reputation among my circle of friends as "the artistic one".

The son is about to graduate high school, and he sent me a note asking if I would mind him 'reproducing my art, ' because he wants to blow up one of the images into a larger version and frame it for his parents. I was touched, not to mention impressed that he understands artist's rights! But I did ask him to please send me a recent picture of his family so I can make a new watercolor for them as well. That's how I came to be looking at your videos. I want the new one to be the best quality, and your tips will help. Thanks!

[spheal]

Omg thank you so much! I always got frustrated when it came to watercolours :D

[iqqkirby]

Watching this 6 years later, I love your content so you were an inspiration to me as a kid!!

[PM-qktd]

I've started watching your videos yesterday and I can definitely say that this is one of the few channels that are hard not to subscribe to.