How to wet your watercolor paper. Wet the back and sometimes the front. I tell you why and how.

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Do I wet my watercolor paper? Yes, but usually not the front, only the back. This video explains why watercolour paintings dry so fast and what to do about it.

This is the 23rd video in my beginner watercolor artist course.

If you are a beginner, and this is the first of my videos in this series you are watching, then I highly recommend that you go back and begin at Watercolor Class One and do the exercises in each. These exercises are what I used to put my beginner face-to-face students through, before allowing them to progress to more advanced subjects. Even now, before a student, new to watercolor, can join my online class they have to first prove they have studied and applied this beginner lessons. In this way, new students are able to more easily join my more advanced classes.
I also have a couple of watercolor painting books which I published and distribute through Amazon.
The first one, which has sold over 10,000 copies is bascially my teaching manual and is titled:
Mastering Watercolors - A Practical Guide.
Both books are available in kindle format and paperback.
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I live in a hot climate and paint dries so quickly. This technique will definitely help. Thank you very much.

CarmenGauci-lj
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For me the lesson I’ve learned here is that I need 10:34 to waterproof my board that I stick my paper on. Didn’t think of it absorbing water before until this minute!

dianemcgregor
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Thank you this was very informative especially for students new to watercolours

CarmenGauci-lj
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What a helpful video! You explain it all so well! Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏

myrnalandersartist
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So useful to see you mixing the paints too. Thanks.

rachelmarsh
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I think you are up there if not the best watercolourist out there, It is a combination of realism and impressionism and abstraction all in one and you have become a source of inspiration.

mingulay
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Absolutely love your tutorials and advice. The best i’ve watched. Thanks so much for taking the time to make and edit these. I have never tried wetting the back of my paper - only the front and have been struggling to keep my paintings vibrant. So i will definitely try wetting the back as you recommend. Thanks again ✌️

-Chunk
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Thank you very much for this method tip. I live in a dry climate and this method would certainly solve the issue of the water drying too quickly. Thanks again. ;)

lynnn
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Thank you very much for sharing this method and for other tutorials with valuable teaching.

smokeyalmond
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Thank you so much. No one has explained it as well and for hot/dry climes. Thank you.

embaaj
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Thank you so much, this has been the best information I have found on something that always confused and troubled me

kerriefearby
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Thank you so much for this tutorial! Very helpful! I learned to wet all the paper, but it makes so much sense to only wet the backside. I will try that next time.

RenateWaas
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Thanks for this tip it's been really helpful. I'm actually a pretty sucessful oil painter but I do love watercolour but have had a lot frustration with it. I'm a slow and methodical painter, not very spontaneous so I tried this method and it really helped. I used 140 lb paper and wet it 4 times in 5 minute intervals and I got about 3 times as much working time and the results are a lot better from my first washes. Thanks.

montygemma
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Your very good at explaining “why” thank you

terrycardinaldesigns
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Thanks for such a detailed explanation! It was very helpful 🤠

evgeniyrumynskiy
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I totally agree. I love the white bits. Excellent tool.

doreenaitken
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Thanks so much for this fantastic tip Joe, I've being using this method every since you told us about it in one of your free classes about a year and a half ago.

grantellis
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Спасибо! Это было полезно! Очень хорошее и ясное объяснение! Благодарю ещё раз!

Andy_S.
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Thanks so much. It is winter here in the Appalachian Mountains and my heating source is electric baseboard, an extremely dry heat. Was almost ready to give up until Spring. Cannot wait to try this.

terpfan
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Thanks for sharing your insights on how and when to wet the surfaces of your paper. Very helpful information.

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