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Watercolor Tips and Hints

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Using Enough Water Is Essential

watercolor painting, Sharon Searles artist and teacherUse More Water! Many painters don't realize how beautiful their paintings will look if they simply use MORE than enough water! Let your thirsty brush (wipe it with a rag) to sip up the extra paint/water mix, so you won't get a backflow or oozle. But using too little water can doom you to dead-looking patches. Plenty of water enhances the beautiful special effects you can get in watercolor painting. You'll find this is expecially true when you use granulating pigments, such as French Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, and Burnt Sienna.

Here are some hints and tips published on Teachstreet:
Using Too Much Water In Watercolor
Choosing Watercolor Paints

Keeping Your Metal Clay Fresh And Ready To Use

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watercolor swatches, Sharon Searles, artist and teacher

PMC Tips

You'll have extra elements to play with if you make some flat squares, rectangles, and circles, let them dry, and save them for future projects. I keep one plastic box with PMC3 and one with Original PMC.

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