- Watercolor - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
Join us for interesting and informative discussions of techniques, materials, and approaches to working with watercolors
- Watercolor Challenge - December 2025 - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
Welcome to the "DECEMBER" 2025 Watercolor Challenge ———————————- In case any new participants come along, the very few rules, are as follows
- Making absorbent ground - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
I’ve thought about making a ground for watercolor using paper ground to a powder then applying it to wood or canvas Also companies like Golden that develop these mediums r experimenting all the time That’s why when u think u have an original idea to get a unique look u can probably find some company selling it already
- Watercolor Handbook - Lightfastness and Permanancy of Watercolors . . .
You probably put a lot of yourself into your watercolor paintings: time, energy, concentration, anger, love, blood sweat, tears So you sure don’t want your creations to fade, discolor, or otherwise deteriorate Here are some things to consider to prevent that from happening:: • your paper • framing and mounting materials • properly displaying finished watercolors • and, of course
- Painting over watercolors? - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
Oil and watercolor techniques are very different, so the sooner you move to oil, the better If you want – and it’s a good idea – use your watercolor pencils to do a rough study sketch for reference If you’re still interested in trying out the watercolor-first approach, go for it, but on a test piece or two
- Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
Some raw siennas are dark, some are light, some are fully transparent bordering on watercolor, some are fully opaque I find this to be a real problem, because if you start to rely on burnt sienna, you start to rely on a specific brand and specific raw sienna Yellow ochres on the other hand differ far less, they are all semi-opaque to opaque
- W N replacements for Daniel Smith colors?
Home › Forums › Explore Media › Watercolor › The Learning Zone ›W N replacements for Daniel Smith colors? This topic has 33 replies, 14 voices, and was last updated 8 years, 5 months ago by Wassie
- Color Substitutes - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists
Perhaps you are trying to learn to paint by copying demonstrations in watercolor books; that could definitely lead to frustration for a beginner if you don’t have the “right” colors May I suggest you drop the demonstration style watercolor books for now? Instead, start making color grids or colorwheels, or just samples of your colors
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