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This is a medium that’s simple and light on your wallet. You don’t need a ton of watercolors, and very expensive watercolor paper and accessories.

Or use a bit of your lunch break daily, to sketch your meals … who knows – it might end up becoming a unique food art coffee table book one day! Now you can fill pockets of time such as waiting for an appointment to make a quick watercolor sketch. Keep a compact kit with an A5 sized sketchbook in your bag. Watercolors are the most portable paints. You can even find a local art group, like an Urban Sketchers chapter, and paint with them. Write fun phrases in your thinnest brushes on water color paper.Start painting the ingredients of your meal.Create swatches of your water colors and make a color wheel.Now mix different colors and fill these shapes Fill an A4 sheet with a simple outline of an element – a leaf, a t-shirt or just a circle.Paint the view from your favourite window.Have a handy list of creative prompts and worksheets will help you nurture your creativity. Try some exercises and play with your paints. Not everything you do has to be a completed artwork. What I’ve found is that to break this spell I just need to put brush to watercolor paper and make marks.ĭon’t take watercolors so seriously. We can wait for days and hours for inspiration to hit us, and keep feeling demotivated. This meant I painted more and started getting more confident. It was only when I learned to loosen up and accept the imperfections that I actually started enjoying myself. I’ve torn watercolor paper from my sketchbook because I felt the watercolors painting was too ‘bad.’ Struggling with self doubtĭo you scroll through watercolor paintings in your Instagram feed and feel like you’ll never match up? Worried that you might end up making the ‘wrong’ kind of art?

Let’s dive a little deeper to understand where these emotions come from and how to overcome them. When I started painting with watercolors, I found the white paper to be quite scary! I’d stare at the sheet, too anxious to get started.ĭon’t let such obstacles rob you of a wonderfully satisfying and enriching experience like watercolor painting. You might be judging your initial paintings with watercolors too harshly or feeling unsure about choosing art supplies. I’ve noticed that beginners are a bit tough on themselves. How to Start Learning Watercolor Painting

How to Start Learning Watercolor Painting.