12 Watercolor Mistakes (and how to fix them!) ✿ Watercolor Painting for Beginners

In this video, I’ll share with you the top 12 mistakes or struggles any level of watercolor artists go through and how to fix them.


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Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:56 Warping Paper
2:06 Painting Drying Too Fast
3:04 Paint isn't Vibrant
3:29 Cauliflower Effect
4:16 First Layer Too Dark
4:50 Harsh Edges
5:39 Paint Drying Too Fast
6:16 Colors Bleeding Together
6:54 Pencil Lines Showing Underneath
8:07 Colors are too saturated
9:20 Colors not going well together
10:54 Preserving White of Paper

[narutogoldylocks]

Omg this was the most helpful watercolor mistakes-related video I have ever seen. I didn't even know that the "cauliflower" texture was caused by adding wet paint into areas that have already begun to dry. In some paintings I have done I really liked the effect, but in other ones I didn't like it but had NO idea how to fix it. Thank you for these amazing tips!!

[NaomiCoutureArt]

I have to agree with you, the most important things when starting out is your paper! Great tips :)

[racheldonner]

You're voice overs are becoming more natural feeling and less rehearsed as you grow. 🙂 Great tips and well-delivered!

[pallabidhar]

This was a very informative video. My tip is to keep a paper towel and use a porcelain pallate for color mixing.

[gabrielleayala]

Great video! My biggest struggle is knowing how much water to use. It’s hard to find the right balance. I either have too much water and the color is too light and watery, or too little and it’s dry and hard to paint. The struggle is real!

[stephanierodriguez]

I've just gotten into Watercolor painting again. It's been a while. I mean like using the crayola watercolor pallette we all used in elementary/middle school while😅

But I would love to see your "lesson 3 for beginners" How to blend watercolors🤔

Hope to see that soon🙏❤💧🖌🎨

[raewynduffy]

What a beautiful collection of watercolour artwork .you are an inspiration for an older lady beginner love to you

[Cchouette]

Altruistic and very useful tips 👍🏻 Thanks 🇫🇷😊

[hannahcrumley]

Always a good idea to share mistake fixes- one I heard recently just….🤯!!!!
Here it is, maybe you knew…. Use watercolor ground to fix an unrepairable mistake ! And it works like a charm! I pulled out an old painting that I never finished because I had ruined it, I loved the parts that weren’t damaged and didn’t have the heart to throw it away….. after hearing this I painted the ground on - one thick coat- let it sit for 2 days and it’s like it was never painted on. Amazing!!!!

[morgannwilliams]

Oh and I meant to add WOWWWW!!! Your art is absolutely amazing!!! I wish o could do that already!

[momtomaryjean]

Thank you so much.

I make all these mistakes. I only started watercolour this month and this helped me so much.

[citizenoftheworldsz]

these tips were so super helpful! Wish i watched it sooner, some of the things i had to figure out by myself :D My biggest struggle is paint drying too quick because of not enough water :)

[morgannwilliams]

I’m barely trying to learn watercolors and have done other mediums such as charcoal, oil pastels, graphite, and a bit of acrylic work, but haven’t tried oil painting yet either.

[freakinkim]

Using a mr clean magic eraser erases most watercolor mistakes!! It’s my favorite hack!!

[AliseIam]

Excellent tips… did you ever run into grainy watercolors when using wet on wet techniques?

[moma-b]

Imo, Daniel Smith watercolor for beginners is basically a waste of your money. Why? Because when you start learning you don't know things and you naturally take too much pigments and rinse your brush too often, so you waste a lot of good quality pigment. That's why there are tons of student grade watercolors on more affordable price. So you can learn. And once you know better what you are doing, you can use professional watercolors like Rembrandt or Daniel Smith. Van Gogh watercolors are quite good student quality for trying out techniques and learning the basics. Winsor & Newton Cotman is also student grade, designed for students to learn. Plus, if you don't do art for sale or for hanging on the wall, but you only paint in sketchbooks and bujos, Daniel Smith is a total waste of money.

[loveandlife]

Great tips Allison. One of the tips I have and need to use is to check my paints before I begin painting and try to avoid staining colors. That way when I want to lift an edge or a highlight I can. With staining paint that is difficult to do. I totally agree with you about the paper. I recently bought some sketchbooks that are new and highly praised with 100% cotton paper and I have been very disappointed. I will stick with the papers you recommended from now on. I just wish they made sketchbooks. I also recommend and love Daniel Smith. Thank you for sharing all of your expertise! 🙂

[chantalmassin]

You are always a pleasure to watch learn from. Thank you

[racheldonner]

Using a kneaded eraser lifts graphite without roughing up the paper like regular erasers. I've also found some tapes don't pull off the paper cleanly. I will tape the pieces to my jeans or t-shirt before I put it on the paper. It still sticks (better than some washi tapes) to the paper but isn't so sticky it causes damage.

[chantalmassin]

Increditable work you do. So perfect. Your very inspiring and thank you for sharing. I hope I can get to do better soon.