Experimental Watercolour Painting Ideas for Beginners

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BRUSHES:

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Brushes: Size 10, 8 & 4.

PAPER:

Saunders Waterford Watercolour Paper 300 gsm on a block Cold Pressed 16 x 12 inches.

PAINTS:

Sennelier 24 set of half pans in metal tin

Burnt Umber (Burnt Sienna)
Indigo (Paynes Grey or Black)
Ultramarine (Cobalt Blue)
Cad Yellow ( Lemon Yellow)
Permanent Rose (Quin Magenta)
Hookers Green (Sap Green)
Sepia (Burnt Umber)
Quin Gold (Raw Sienna)
Cerulean (Turquoise)
Phthalo Blue (Prussian Blue)
Cad Red (Vermillion)

Triple pot water pot

Pipette.
Spritzer Bottle.
Washi Tape.
Black Waterproof Drawing Ink (Acrylic Ink, Black Watercolour Paint or Indian Ink)
Bubble Wrap.
Newspaper.
HB Pencil.
Paper Towel

Music: Wistful Harp - Andrew Huang

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[JoseeAlana]

Blueberries in the middle. Love these experiments. They’re all so cool! Thanks for sharing.

[appleknocker]

Love using sponges & bubble wrap but the newspaper leaves very neat textures!

[martyboone]

I love trying new things too!
My favorite so far is to take a small amount of acrylic paint in a paper cup and add about 1/2 of that amount of water and a couple drops of dawn dish soap.
Stir and add a straw, blow through the straw making bubbles rise and run over the top letting them drop onto your paper or canvas. Let them pile up until they’re almost ready to fall over. Let them sit overnight, the bubbles will pop and make wonderful designs on your paper. I’ve used different colors of paint and I’m amazed at how different they turn out. My favorite picture I’ve ever done I used this technique.

[teresajordao]

Thank you for sharing these great ideas! 🩷🩷

[paulasilvester]

My group love painting with bubble mixture too. Get some wonderful textures

[bellabaker]

I think adding koi fish on the middle top one would be awesome!

[pauline]

Ooh looks like fun 😊 I have used cotton buds, cling film and sponges, so will give these a try, thanks Karen.

[pablokalincausky]

Smart techniques !!! I'm going to practice them. Thank you so much for the tips...

[jennyjanesbeauty]

Wow I love this ! That newspaper is my favourite, the trees look amazing xxx I'll have to give this a go for sure, a fantastic lesson, thankyou soo much xxx

[gretelstonebridge]

Definitely will be experimenting Karen. Love the ideas. I'm drawn to texture, abstract and semi abstract. Thank you

[bellabaker]

Love this type of lesson. Excellent, as always. God bless

[sarahnorthrop]

Fantastic ideas I love the newspaper trees especially. I shall be trying these techniques thanks Karen for sharing 😊💖

[katemcallister]

Great texture ideas! Thanks for the demonstration!

[clarechouemmert]

Love your style of painting...playful, adventurous and fun. You inspired me to actually paint with plastic wrap and surprisingly it came out so beautiful :) Thank you

[fredchittenden]

Love your trees using folded newspaper!❤️

[pavlabedrichova]

Hi Karen, I really enjoyed the experiments, you are full of good ideas, keep it up!!!

[patlatour]

These look awesome I’m going to try them for sure ❤thankyou for sharing your expirement with us.😊

[annehumphreys]

Wonderful, thank you. I love your experimental paintings ❤

[denisetebbs]

Great tutorial as always. Really inspires a beginner like me 😊

[julieb]

Most informative video ever . Love it .