5 Watercolor Mistakes and How to Fix Them

These are some of the common mistakes people complain about when they begin painting with watercolors. The paper, the paint, spills, bleeds, etc. This short video will show you the top 5 mistakes people make with watercolors and how to fix or avoid them. Also, some people use these mistakes to create their artwork. In the words of Bob Ross, they can turn into"Happy mistakes", enjoy!

1. Overworking your paper
2. Bleeding
3. Too much water
4. Too little water
5. Drips and spills (and an easy way to fix them)

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Music
Golden Days by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena

This tutorial was made by McCall for Mr Otter Studio

[NINAAAHxD]

I'm very impatient so my mistake is always painting when everything is still wet

[Moonunderrain]

I have so much trouble with bleeding and using too much water. ;_;

[sarooparoo]

I like how you don’t waste any time and get straight to the point. Most YouTubers don’t do that and I appreciate it

[TheSgyro]

The colors bleeding is probably the first thing that noobies encounter😄.. It is sooo darn frustrating.. Ruins everything 😭😭😭

[Random-shgj]

Too much water is literally always my problem no matter what 😂😭😅👌

[maximumpotassium]

Omfg I'm cringing bad when she was scrubbing the paper a lot and for a long amount of time

[cinnagummi]

I've seen beginners draw flowers and painting them with watercolor and something that they always do is painting the petals in order and for obvious reasons it will bleed because the petals are together and they won't let it dry, what I do is that I paint a petal, skip one, paint the next, wait for it to dry, continue.

[whiteisneutral_]

I like how you’re straight forward with your tips. You get straight to the point, you speak understandably, but not slowly. That makes me understand the tip better, doesn’t make me bored, or feel as if the video is really long.

[beepboop]

“There are no mistakes, just happy accidents” -Bob Ross💙

[Lili-skzr]

I keep overworking my paper so thank God I found this video

[idiot]

i'm a newbie at watercolor and i realized make all of these mistakes, , , thanks so much !

[tyde-summerturck]

Thank you for being concise and not taking 20min for one technique!!!

[angpaciadora]

a starter here and a wannabe 😀 this video helps.

[wmqpmgg]

the last one is seriously unbelievable. 😱 amazing

[nanzzee]

Quick and simple with no elaborate and useless explanations...just the way I wanted...thank you so much for understanding the beginner difficulties 🤗🤗

[rizzserafin]

My heart can't take that rubbing the paper part.

[aishashaikh]

i love that you are the only channel that is persistent in posting videos and posts short to the point videos no wasting time thankyouuu

[yingluo_yt]

Patience is the most needed at painting

[tgdevourer]

The paper breaking made me crazy this afternoon, I had no idea what I was doing wrong, thank you for this!

[meghnalakshmisekhar]

Really good points
Sometimes I add too much water
Also when i draw branches with brush,
my brush’s always very dry.
But when I take my time and do it slowly and carefully it gets even more better.