Watercolour
Watercolour is a highly popular choice of medium for many artists and can be used to produce both soft and bold effects. Easy to mix and apply, you can build them up quickly with very little drying time in between. If you are new to watercolour painting, take a look at our ultimate guide for beginners, then get creative with wet-in-wet and wet-on-dry techniques and more with our great range of watercolour tips, techniques and demonstrations from top watercolour tutors.
Watercolour painting exercises for beginners - Introduction to Watercolour Painting Part 2
Part two in this series introducing watercolour painting for beginners, covers the following five simple exercises for mixing and applying watercolour paints: Exercise 1 - Work with a single colour. Exercise 2 - Test out different tints…
Learn easy ways to correct mistakes in watercolour
Follow Rosemary Hale's step-by-step instructions for correcting mistakes in watercolour, by removing colour from your paintings.
Learn drybrush and glazing techniques for watercolour
Liz Seward looks at drybrush and glazing techniques.
How to paint and be brave with watercolour
Jean Haines urges you to be unique and experiment with your use of watercolour.
How to Paint Leaves in Watercolour
Botanical watercolourist Julia Trickey explains how to paint leaves as a subject in their own right
How to paint blossom with leaves in watercolour
Follow Wendy Powell-Jones, step-by-step, and paint late flowering blossom with leaves.