7 ESSENTIAL Watercolour TIPS For Beginners

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🌟 **7 Essential Watercolour Tips for Beginners!** 🌟 Welcome to your ultimate guide to watercolour painting! Whether you’re just starting out with urban sketching or venturing into watercolour for the first time, this video is packed with practical tips and techniques to set you up for success. 🎨 In this video, I share **7 must-know watercolour tips** that will elevate your skills and give your art that professional touch. From understanding your materials to experimenting with bold, expressive techniques, these tips are perfect for beginners or anyone looking to refine their craft. ### Here’s what you’ll learn: 1️⃣ **Know Your Materials**: Discover why using quality watercolour paper and paints is crucial, and explore the differences between hot-pressed and cold-pressed paper. 🖌️ 2️⃣ **Perfect the Flat Wash**: Learn the secrets to creating smooth, even washes and why practicing this technique can transform your skies and backgrounds. 🌅 3️⃣ **Choose the Right Brush Size**: Understand how to use detailed and larger brushes for different aspects of your artwork and why a quality brush makes all the difference. 🖌️ 4️⃣ **Switch Up the Order**: Experiment with reversing your process by starting with watercolour and adding ink later. It’s a fresh perspective that can change how you approach tones and textures. 🖋️ 5️⃣ **Mix Colours on the Page**: Embrace the magic of letting colours blend naturally on the paper to create lively and dynamic effects, perfect for trees, stone textures, and more. 🌳 6️⃣ **Swatching for Success**: Dive into the importance of swatching to understand your paints' granulation, opacity, and mixing potential. It’s a fun and low-pressure way to explore your palette! 🎨 7️⃣ **Think Outside the Box**: Watercolor isn’t just for traditional landscapes—infuse energy, expression, and bold colors into your urban sketches. Don’t be afraid to splash, layer, and experiment! 🌟 This video is full of practical demonstrations and insights to inspire your creativity and help you unlock the potential of watercolor painting. Whether you’re working on a small sketch or an ambitious piece, these tips will guide you every step of the way. 🎨 **Let’s get creative together!** Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more watercolor tutorials, urban sketching tips, and art inspiration. Hit the bell 🔔 so you never miss a new video! #WatercolorTips #UrbanSketching #WatercolorForBeginners #ArtTutorials Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG3PyflAz0ga0QstzLaV8g/join It would be great to get your thoughts on the video! Please leave a comment or just say Hi. My Patreon (Art Club) is now up and running where you get more tips longer versions of my Youtube content and exclusive videos for a monthly fee (7 Day Free Trial Available): https://www.patreon.com/DougJacksonArtLessons Exclusive content, longer videos, more sketchbook fun, more support and no ads! Find me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DougJacksonArtLessons YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@dougjacksonart My Shop - https://dougjacksonartwork.com/original-sheffield-art.html#/ My Website - https://dougjacksonartwork.com/index.html#/ About my Materials - https://dougjacksonartwork.com/material.html#/ Instagram - https://instagram.com/doug_jackson_artwork/ TikTok - tiktok.com/@doug_jackson_artwork ... CHAPTERS ... 00:00 Introduction 00:15 Know your materials 01:28 Perfect the flat wash 03:07 Brushes 03:56 Start With Paint First 04:42 Mix on the Paper 05:42 Swatching 06:32 Get Loose and Free