What you need
- Talens Art Creation watercolours set
- Talens Art Creation set of brushes for watercolour
- Watercolour paper
- Pencil
- Kneadable eraser to fade any lines or rub them out completely
- Mixing tray or white plate onto which to mix the paint
- Water for thinning paint and cleaning brushes during and after painting
- Tissues or sponges for absorbing excess paint
Tips
Watercolouring is painting with large amounts of water. The more water, the lighter the colour. Wherever colours are mixed in the step-by-step plan plenty of water is always added. Begin by filling in the lighter colours and leave unpainted the areas you eventually wanted to be white. You then work with increasingly dark colours.
Allowing work to dry thoroughly between stages (if necessary with the aid of a hair-dryer) prevents colours running into each other. Have you used too much paint? Soak up as much as possible with a clean, dry brush or tissue. Hold the brush more or less vertically when applying details and flatter when washing large areas. Hold the brush clean while working to avoid unwanted colour mixtures.
