working with watercolours

  THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS TO START WITH WATERCOLOURS AS A BEGGINNER . YOU CAN LEARN TO DIRECTLY PAINT OR PAINT WITH A SKETCH. THERE ARE NUMEROUS METHODS ABOUT THE TYPES OF PAINTING YOU WANT TO MAKE.  remember: shadows matter THERE IS REALISM SEMI-REALISM ANIME JUST PEN SKETCH THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DRAW EACH ONE OF THEM. FOR SEMI-REALISM I PREFER TO USE THE ANDREW LOOMIS METHOD.     IT WOULD BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND THEORATICALLY. SO HERE GOES A VIDEO CREDITS:CHOMMANG_DRAWING WHEN YOU WANT TO PAINT REALISM START BY DRAWING A ROUGH SKETCH CAUSE YOUR COLOURS ARE GOING TO FILL LIFE IN IT. IT IS ABOUT DRAWING SIMPLER CHARACTERS SO THAT YOU CAN ASSING VALUES TO THEM , that's what i do:) LIKE THIS: IF YOU DON'T GET IT ABOUT DRAWING SKETCHES THERE ARE PLENTY OF ARTISTS ON YOUTUBE TO GUIDE WITHH THEIR VIDEOS: CHOMMANG DRAWING MMMONEX KELOGSCOOPS                       etc. These are my personal favourites. THE PAINTING TECHNIQUES There are two kinds of basic techni

GET TO KNOW YOUR TOOL THE WATERCOLOURS Watercolor or watercolour, also aquarelle, is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based solution. Watercolor refers to both the medium and the resulting artwork. Aquarelles painted with water-soluble colored ink instead of modern water colors are called aquarellum atramento by experts NOW THIS IS WHAT THE WEB SAYS, BUT IN  GENERAL                    WATERCOLOUR ARE THE PAINTS THAT WORK THE BEST WITH WATER. SIMPLE AND SWEET .YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND TO CONTROL THE WATER, CREATE DIFFERENT TEXTURES FOR YOUR FINAL PAINTING TO LOOK LIKE THIS: OR LIKE THIS THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF WATERCOLOURS IN THE MARKET LIKE BRUSTRO CANSON WINSOR AND NEWTON COTMAN LUKAS RAPHAEL AQUARELLE etc. But as a beginner you must practice with simpler watercolours like cakes, kids watercolours,then you will get used to it without wasting your any money. watercolours are available in the following types:     Tube watercolours are by far