Mistakes in Watercolors(+intro…kinda)

When using watercolors, people often forget about the important things about it like putting details on a wet layer of paint, accidentally mixing paints that you don’t want to mix,etc. In this page, I will show you the most important mistakes( to me ) in watercolor and how we should avoid them.

Transparency

In watercolor, transparency is a big thing because watercolor is a transparent media. People who are new to watercolors often don’t know about this fact. Since it is a transparent media, you will have to layer often to get a nice layer of paint, often on the big areas. With layering, you can avoid dark spots( spots that have to much paint on it) and make your painting more clear.

Blending and keeping it clean

When blending watercolors, you would have to act really fast and add more of those colors you want to blend to…blend. The reason why is because it’s watercolor and you don’t want the water to dry before you start blending.

What I mean by keeping it clean was that in watercolor, you don’t want to make the brush strokes visible. To be honest, it is one of the things in watercolor that I struggle the most. It basically follows the same rule as blending: always have a wet surface. If you don’t have a wet surface, you can say hello to those disturbing brush strokes again.

COLOR BLEEDING

This is a very common mistake you may find when using watercolor. When painting with watercolor, you have to have patience. Color bleeding is when you paint an area that is next to a wet one and they start mixing into each other. Try to paint another area before going back to the area that was wet before. This way, you can save time and work on other areas instead of waiting for a long time

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That is it for this page!!! Thank you for reading it and hope it can help you with your next watercolor painting!!😊. I apologize for the bad pictures… they were taken from my phone😅.