Watercolor Painting Techniques Do's & Don'ts for Beginners

Hey everyone! I made a watercolor painting do's & don'ts video for beginners, this means these techniques aren't hard or complex. They are simple but once you are good with these it will be easier for you to follow some more intermediate complex level techniques! And yes, in watercolor, techniques can get hard to try and understand if you're a beginner!

Comment what kind of video you want to see next. A tutorial, time lapse, watercolor product review or another technique-tips related video? I'd love to know your suggestions and ideas. Comment! And don't forget to like this video!

[morgann]

A tip for using tape: stick it to your clothes before sticking it onto the paper to avoid ripping the paper when you remove it :) • Edit: I do use masking tape

[akeemmanalo]

4:13 you can also use a watercolor pencil, when applying the water color, the liquid can dissolve the outline as you're coloring. - Always happy to help! Thanks for the likes!

[SamirCCat]

The last one about not drawing too heavy lines doesn't apply to lots and lots of people. I do linework with black fineliners before I even start painting at all and prefer to have a good ground of pensil to do linework from. It's another style, more "cartoony" if you will, but certainly not a "don't". It's an effect that many artists use. Just thought I should tell people.

[orlaithoreilly]

Lmao I use $1 kids watercolour pallete, an old makeup brush and a $1 sketchbook its not great but hey. Like I literally just dip the brush into water and wipe it on my trousers to get the paint off

[Coratison]

I actually liked the marks the toilet paper left haha

[dc]

I got a watercolor set - paints, brushes, paper, then realized that I don't know where to begin. I loved your video. So helpful. Thank you.

[hueyos]

Personally i do agree with most of your tips but i was surprised at the "outlining for flower" portion as there are artists out there which adds black outlines (using ink pens) to their drawing then colour their picture xD but to be fair maybe your technique is towards realistic art which does not have harsh outlines. Really enjoyed the video!

[et]

1:20 am i the only one seeing a piece of artwork (clouds) xD

[InkanSpider]

Regarding dark outlines... some artists actually go for that effect, so depending on what you are painting it's not wrong to go for dark outline. Heck, some people even ink the outlines before colouring with watercolours. I've started doing that and it's actually kinda nice to combine them

[cherryrawson]

For the outlines tip at the end - I would recommend using water colour pencils as close to the colour you will be painting in, this way once you paint it will fade and blend in. Also makes fixing any mistakes a little

[floweykablowey]

These tips are very useful! I just started using watercolor for my artwork and I made many of the mistakes you've mentioned. Thanks for the video!

[Satarupa]

Please use different color font...white font on white background id difficult to see

[lorrieharkey]

Very helpful! It is difficult to find just straight forward “do this, don’t do that” tutorials. I just wish you had used darker color for your font choice, it’s a little hard on the eyes trying to read white on such a light I hope you more of these!!!!

[birgitmitchell]

Dear Ahmad art- Back, back, back, in the day, when I learned to paint watercolours in the 1970's ..we were taught to STRETCH the paper- this is where you completely wet the paper and attach it to your boards with white packing tape and let it dry FIRST. Usually at least overnight. This way the paper has completely shrunk to its final preportions already, and so does not stretch much and of course is held firmly in place and dries again to its perfect size. the final difference is subtle but tremendous. Thank you for making me feel knowledgeable :) sometimes its great getting old. :))

[purplemisty]

Thank you for this! Made me realise what I was doing wrong :)

[bloodblues]

I recently got into watercolors. Now I'll have some things to remember to make better art. Thanks!

[griffinnguyen]

For the pencil outline, instead of using a regular eraser you could lightly dab a kneadable eraser over the pencil for easy pickup

[cyanidemeisterdrakon]

I used to love making art all the time. I was pretty good at drawing and coloring with pencils and other paints, but watercolor was the bane of my existence, cause I simply wasn't taught properly. I was recently given a watercolor set from a friend and decided I should revisit and refine the skill. Looking over this quick tips of do's and don't, I'm actually excited to get to work. Simply wonderful. ❤

[helenaadams]

A tip for picking up paint, instead of using a paper towel you can just use your brush instead by cleaning it in water and pinching it to dry it then it will absorb the paint back onto the brush when you touch it to the painted area and that saves the risk of leaving marks on the paint and it looks more natural and part of the painting

[marysmith]

First time for me to watercolor. Wanted to do it for years. Finally decided to try but didn't want to spend an arm and leg not knowing if I would like it. So I brought a school grade watercolor set, $1.96, and a 4 pack of brushes for $2.96. I have been amazed at the ability of being able to blend colors with this set. A few more practice pics then I will probably invest in better supplies. But it has worked for me to learn techniques and basics. Love watercoloring!