Here, I answer all your questions about watercolors.
When trying to find the perfect watercolor paper, you’ll notice that most of them are quite expensive. Find out why they are and why they’re still worth their money. Watercolor paper can be quite costly, because of its high production cost. Most of them are made out of 100% cotton to achieve the highest possible …
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What is the best way to ensure your artwork’s longevity and safety after being finished. Will hairspray suffice for this? You shouldn’t use hairspray if you want to conserve the painting for 5 years or more. Hairspray is really good to fixate, but as it’s water-soluble it will lose its effect over time because of …
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When painting with acrylic and especially oils it’s very common to use an easel. It’s better for your posture and helps you with a bit larger paintings, as you don’t have to lean over the entire painting when adding details. Does this apply to watercolor as well? 80% of the time, you shouldn’t use a …
As an artist you should obviously be well aware that you shouldn’t let your paints and art supplies lie around unattended if you have pets or kids. Still it might happen every now and then that you forget about them and your dog drinks a bit of the water you use to clean your brush …
As watercolor is commonly painted in layers, you have to wait for the paint to dry a lot. Learn how long it takes and how you can accelerate it! On paper, watercolor usually takes 15-20 minutes to fully dry in a dry room. The more humid and cold the room and thicker the paper is, …
Face painting is very common among events or birthday parties for children, as most of them absolutely love it. But nobody really knows which paint you should use for face painting. Is watercolor an option? Most watercolors are made with mineral pigments, some of which are toxic. If your watercolor isn’t specifically labeled as non-toxic, …
One of the most important questions, before starting a new hobby, is probably the price. How expensive is it? How much do I have to pay for quality materials? Starting with painting watercolors is pretty cheap compared to other hobbies like skiing for example. I would say that you need around 25$ to start with …
Over time most artists accumulate a large amount of different art supplies. Ask any artist and they will probably show you some art stuff that they haven’t been using for quite some time now, because they upgraded to better and improved paints, brushes, paper etc. But are these old supplies, in our case watercolors still …
