Good Basic Watercolor Painting Avoids Disappointment!

Having been recently criticized for an incredibly simple 2 stage learn how to paint watercolors course, I have to admit that the critic was absolutely correct...

The course is too simple for a beginner who expects a painting course to show them how to paint landscapes, still-life pictures, portraits and technical subjects. It is far simpler because it was aimed at artists who wanted to learn how to paint before having to learn to draw.

Here are 2 reasons why you should return to basic watercolor painting techniques...

1. It is a good idea to learn how to paint before painting a Mona Lisa

2. It is wonderful when things are going badly wrong to return to basics

Occasionally, there are lucky people who don't have any problems. They pick up a box of paints and a brush and easily paint their first watercolor painting. The minority of people who don't struggle with painting are fortunate indeed.

Alternatively, most of us aren't blessed with such talents...

* Learning how to paint watercolors isn't easy

* It can seem almost impossible to paint a good watercolor picture

It is easy to find that every brush mark you make turns into a mess. It is far too easy to create a nightmare of badly mixed colors. You'll find color washes flooding the wrong areas of your painting.

All too soon you can turn your great art ideas into a muddy shambles. When you do you are lost. Unless you understand what is happening when watercolor paint flows across the paper, your painting will never get better...

* When you look you can see how color is carried by water on watercolor paper

* You need to understand that a wash that isn't fully dry will be wrecked when the next color wash is painted

* You need to know how to get different color intensity and tone from a single color before you try to add another color to the equation

As the old saying goes... "Don't try to run before you can walk"

Watercolor painting can quickly convince you that you have no artistic talent. It can make you look like you have no painting skills. It is a shame to become disheartened when your watercolors go wrong.

Which do you think is better?

"Disappointment and frustration... or a deep understanding of how simple and easy watercolors work in your painting?"

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