Learning to Paint With Watercolour - Part 1: SUPPLIES (Everything you need to get started!)
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2021
- Hi Everyone,
So as you browse the supply links below, please keep in mind that with the pandemic, art supply prices have skyrocketed (especially on Amazon!) If any of these supplies are out your price range, please don't feel like you have to buy them.
My US followers. dickblick.com is a great, low cost art supplier that carries most of these items. My Canadian friends, please look at Currys.com or deserres.ca for some more affordable supplies. Hope that helps you all out!
Videos to mentioned to check out!
More in-depth video about what brushes to use and what different ones are used for: • Quick Tips Part 4: Wha...
It's not you, It's your paper - • Watercolour Pep Talk: ...
Hot pressed vs cold pressed - • Hot vs. Cold Pressed P...
Etchr sketchbook review - • Etchr Watercolour Sket...
Beginner Basics - • Watercolour Basics
Watercolour Pan set comparison - • Watercolour Pan Set Un...
Painting with only 4 colours. How to use a limited palette - • Painting With A Limite...
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The following are Amazon affiliate links of all my supplies that I use. By using these links, I receive a small commission of every purchase (AT NO EXTRA COST TO YOU). This helps to ensure I can keep my channel going! Thank you so much for all of your support!
Paint Palette:
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PAUL RUBENs Watercolour paper:
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BEE Watercolour paper:
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Arches Cold Pressed Watercolour PAPER:
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Etchr Lab Cold Press Sketchbook: Etchrlab.com
Princeton Snap Brushes:
Pack of 4! Sizes 0, 2 and 6 round brushes and a 3/4 angle brush
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Size 12 Round brush:
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***BEGINNERS
TOP 10 Winsor & Newton COTMAN Watercolours TO START WITH:
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I am 85, never had a drop of artistic talent, and I have fallen in love with watercolor and especially your teaching methods. ML
I am just now at 60 learning to watercolor and Emma you, make sense. Thank you!
I agree with you 💯 on paper. When I got my first 100% cotton watercolor paper, even my bad paintings looked a ton better! I was so scared to paint though cuz I didn’t want to waste the paper (aka make mistakes) but I did and it was great and now I’m obsessed. I still use cheaper paper for practice though. When I see people on UA-cam using arches to just show color swatches, I’m like dang, they are rich! LOL 🤣
same hahhaha
Same ❤️ i felt like you were speaking my heart out
Good to hear, I'm on the verge of getting good paper even for practice!
I've been using watercolors for just a few months now. Not my normal choice of art medium. BUT YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZIING, EMMA, AT TEACHING AND EXPLAINING THINGS I THOUGHT I KNEW!!! Thank you for from the bottom of my heart. Truly appreciate your time and effort!
Thank you! I am retired and trying watercolour for the first time. I appreciate you sharing your talent!
Hi Emma Jane, I live in Massachusetts. I am so excited to have found your water color videos. I am a 68 yr old grandma and decided it’s never to old to try something new!
I wanted to try a new hobby. I tried painting some flowers & instantly fell in love with painting, but I need some proper supplies. ! I find it incredibly peaceful & relaxing and it fills me up with joy!
I love your easygoing manner and you explain things in a way that are easy for me to follow & understand! You are a wonderful teacher. I am so happy to have found your “ getting started with watercolor video” today, before I attempt any more painting! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent freely with others! Iris
Paper: I own Arches, and yes, it's AWESOME! That said, I rarely use it because of the price. I save it for paintings I have ALREADY done on Canson watercolor paper, but LOVE and want to paint on the "good stuff" (which is what I call my Arches paper, LOL). Just a tip for any beginners out there! 😊
"Just use what you have available to you"
Bless you!!
I recently got my first pad of Arches paper and it’s like I got gold-amazing to paint on! I’m rationing it
Cut each sheet in half and yes, you can paint on both sides. You can get 48 6x9 paintings out of a single 9x12 pad that way. You can also buy a full sheet and cut them down, you can get 16 5x7 sheets from a single full sheet.
Yes!! Getting quality paper made such a difference with my paintings! Thank you for emphasizing this :)
Yay! I’m so glad you are doing this series. I have been trying to play with watercolors for a little bit. This series will be so much help to me.
Thank You Emma! Happy Day!
I’ve started recently so I appreciate the tips. Technique is something that I really need.
I know I’m gonna learn so much with this series!! I bought the snap brushes off Amazon a while back and I love them. I make a lot of greeting cards with my little watercolor paintings and so far my favorite ones to do our your abstract flowers!!! Thank you so much !
Love your very informative tutorials. I think you are a great teacher and make it seem easy. I’m 74 years old and have painting my whole adult life but NOT watercolors. They scared me. So I’m watching tutorials to teach me. I live in Columbus OH.
yes 🥳 looking forward to this series ❤️
You've inspired me to pick this back up! I haven't painted in years - so will be anxiously awaiting your next video. Thank you for sharing your tips/tricks!
I have just recently decided to begin watercoloring and I can't wait! I've been researching products before investing the money. Your video was a huge help, and you now have a new subscriber! I look forward to the next video! 🎨
Emma, this is such a fantastic video! 've been following you for a long time now, but I think it's very thoughtful of you to start a beginner series for those who are interested and need to learn the basics. I'm going to watch all of these beginning videos, because I know there's always a lot to learn. You are amazing! Thank you. Carolyn
Such a wonderful series and exactly what I need. I've been just jumping in trying to paint right off the bat and I need to slow it down and enjoy the process from A to Z. I appreciate your teaching style and encouragement very much. Thank you!
So looking forward to learning from this series♥️😉
Excited to begin. Subscribed for a long time but still new with watercolor.
Cannot wait to “ begin at the beginning “
Thank you
I also find it relaxing and at this time it's much needed.
I love your channel you are always so friendly and thoughtful. I like the way you encourage people to keep trying and you explain that you weren't good to begin with either it makes me want to keep practicing. I love your style I love that picture of your son where he painted and then you painted a portrait of him that was so adorable it broke my heart it remind me of my boys when they were young. Thank you for everything you give to us!
This is so exciting!! I can’t wait for this!! Thank you.
So excited, can't wait to get started.
I bought some supplies with money I was given for Christmas. Now I'm going to watch and follow along with you 💖
iv been painting for 26 years and i still love beginner videos thank you
Thank you for this wonderful video! I can’t wait for the next one!
Such great advice! Can’t wait to tag along with you this year.
I found your channel recently and LOVE it! I can't wait to continue watching your previous videos! Thanks for all you do!
Yeah. Supplies all set. Now waiting for your tutorial. 🙏❤️🙏❤️
I love the beginner videos so much knowledge and your a great teacher! Keep those coming. I started the trees using your video and it was awesome!
Ready to paint with you for another year, a happy new year to you, and to the people in this channel, from Italy!
What a great video with a lot of great advice! I love your videos, Emma! I watch them all and I’ve learned a lot from you. Thank you!!
Perfect timing! I just got my Winsor & Newtons professional watercolors!
I'm new to watercolor and why not start with the best supplies.....😉
Go big or go home!
They are somuch more vibrant and lush.
Thanks for paper info and links! Appreciating all you do
I need to share this with some friends who are looking to start watercolor. Thank you for this series, Emma!
I love your classes!! Thank you!! 🇧🇷
Wonderful to have this information in a series! Wish I'd known more when I spent so much on paint instead of paper. Love your videos!
Thank you Emma , I love this and will be watching , glad you said paper is most important , Oh Yes !
Awesome I am starting a new hobby for 2021♥️
I am so inspired by your tutorials. They are lucid and just right for beginners. And guess what, I got my first supplies today. It's cool to hear you too... 😁❤️
This was great! I look forward to next week’s! Thank you for sharing!
I love your vids 😍 ❤ Thank you for sharing such important information. I am making much more informed choices because of your vids. I absolutely love watercolor. It's such a joy.
Emma, it has been years since I picked up a brush and my watercolors. So glad to get in on your new series. So looking forward to this. TYFS, Donna in California.
Thanks for sharing your tips. I started out with Canson XL paper and windsor and Newton Cotman colours and was really pleased with the results I achieved; however, I have recently moved to Arches and I see a remarkable difference in my paintings
I am using Canson XL paper which is quite good because I can amend the painting relatively easily. I may try Arches, which is quite expensive.
Learning so much!
Thank you so much for your great video! It was so helpful. I'm a beginner and excited for your upcoming videos!! I really enjoyed this. Great job!
Although I've been watching for a while, I feel like I needed to regroup. I also posted in on one of my facebook groups it's watercolor for beginners and beyond. It'll help others. Thank you so much
You are awesome! I only started watercolor a few days ago and your videos are amazing.
Sound advice,I love your insights into tools and materials it saves years of bad choices trying to find out.
p.s. your studio is still looking very tidy.
Nice!! I started in a watercolor class in college 14 years ago (I was in Nursing school but wanted to start a hobby) . Our instructor had us buy THE most expensive paints! (One tube of DaVinci Cad Yellow was $15!!) Anyway, I got a Michael’s gift card for Christmas, so I bought their line. 36 colors of Artists Loft for $7.99! (Same as you did initially?) Anyway, they seem not too different from some of my DaVinci’s. (They ARE old tho) I also have two huge books of Canson XL mixed media paper. I am a papercrafter so plan to use most of my pieces on cards. So looking forward to more of your great tips !! TFS!!🥰
Great advices Emma. Thank you!!!
Hello and thank you! I appreciate your tutorials and the host of information!❤❤❤
Hi Emma so happy to have found you I have always wanted to have a go at painting and you have really inspired me to have a go, didn't know where to start, your video is so helpful , am ordering supplies now, can't wait to get started. Thank you 💖💖💖💖
Hallo Emma, I am from Germany and found you here since 10 days. I am a beginner und love your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 💖
Thank you Emma, Your video is very complete! 🙂
Great post very informative looking forward to more!
Wow! I just found you and you are amazing and so inspiring. I am so excited to get started on my watercolor journey! Thank you for sharing your “gift” others.😊
This is awesome Emma, thank you 🌼
thanks Emma..very informative and not at all preachy! inspiring....hi from UK
Agree 100% on the Arches paper. I also have other paper that I use for practice, but it is of lesser quality: Canson, Strathmore, and Grümbacher. My paint palette is a mixture of paints I have collected over time and I actually have two palettes going, one strictly with pastels or lighter colors and one with more traditional colors. I have favorite colors from Winsor Newton, both Cotman and professional, Daniel Smith, Grümbacher, and a couple others. I have yet to purchase the Snap brushes, but they are on my list, I just have so many other brushes that I enjoy using.
Woohoo!! I'm so looking forward to this series. I have Master's Touch that I've been playing with and when it dries in the trays, a day or two later areas where I've mixed the paint it flakes off and I end up having to blow the flakes off so I don't get strange colors. I have a White Knight 12 paint set that I despise because they don't include a violet and you cannot make one with the colors provided. (This was the straw that broke the camel's back and I packed up my painting supplies for 7 years.) After watching a gazillion videos on color theory it was finally revealed that it has to do with the warm/cool palettes. Someone gave me some Arteza 60 paints for my birthday that I've never used except to swatch. Once I start learning something and can paint something ok then I will get into them. I already put them in palettes and they are pretty much solid. Thank you for the new series. ♥♥♥
White Night colors are professional grade quality and you can get them in single pans - so you could just get the magenta or ultramarine color you are missing to make vibrant purples or violets, or use such a color from the Arteza set with them :)
Great video. Good information. Easy to understand.
I took water coloring while stuck in strick quarantine in Colombia, South America. We were vacationing and out flight back to the states was canceled. I never had painted in my life. Wow did I enjoy it!
Happy to find your channel Emma... thanks for sharing 😍🌌🔔✨
great video! looking forward to getting started with you!
I’m so glad you’re doing this series! I’m new to watercolor and have been binge watching your videos. Keep it up!
What kind of dryer do you use for drying the watercolor paintings??
Great advice! I used your link to buy some supplies. Thanks.
Thrilled to have found you!! 💗
love this!
So helpful to know, thank you. 😊
I'm 1/2 way through your video and had to stop & post. I'm new to watercolor and after watching zillions of YT videos and not having any "hoarder" control, I SO appreciate you telling people to take it slow on paints. I'm just starting to paint, but have so many paints/brands/palettes, I don't know if I will ever use them all. If paints never go bad, I'm probably set for the remaining 30-40 yrs of my life & hopefully will be able to pass them down when I'm dead.
Tubes do go bad, so if you are not using them quickly pans are better. Tubes are more economical though.
Don’t know if anyone has mentioned this but you can always paint on both sides of good quality paper, so you get two bites at the cherry, so to speak. I have even sold paintings where the first side was less than good, painted another one on the other side, and then forgotten I’d done that, and sold the second one. So someone got two for the price of one! You can also often wash the paint off of good paper if you go wrong, especially if you’ve stretched it first.
Emma: “if you’re new here, that’s great...-“
Me: “i mean i’ve been here for years but MORE THE MERRIERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR”
Ok...I know this is an older video...but I was given a gift card for Amazon for art supplies...but had to buy a little gift for my husband and son, couldn't help it. But then was agonizing over which brush and if I could afford nice paper...gosh its expensive 😥 I've seriously been agonizing for a week or more. Feeling crazy guilty to use it on something like this for myself. I really really wanted to try the Princeton Heritage #12 or #16 because I think I'll like something a tiny bit softer but with snap..but...couldn't afford it. So, I literally just now bit the bullet and clicked the place order button for a pad of Arches cold press (I've been slowly teaching myself in my 40's and just using canson paper, which I'll still use for practice) and the #12 snap brush. One day I'll hopefully be able to try the Heritage...its so hard because normal people can't just buy one of all the types to see what we like...but...I'm excited to try this. I'm also now feeling my heart pound and a bit nauseous with anxiety over spending that on myself....🤦🏼♀️ well....its done. So...hopefully the anxiety will go away so I can sleep😬😁
I thought I saw different brushes in another video...hopefully you still think this is a good brush 😲
I guess I'll see :)
Great video as always. And its why I bought the cheaper brush so that I could get the paper since its the important part. But I'm very thankful for all my canson paper because even getting that was a struggle financially sadly, and if I had thought I had to have expensive paper I'd not have even been able to try watercolor and fall in love with it :) art is a absolute life saver!!
Thanks again!! :)
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💖
Thanks for this video. ♥️
Your an awesome teacher
Thank God I found you 🙏🏻
Experience =Outcome
Emma, I write from Guatemala and here is so difficult to buy that paper. I buy Canson XL in Amazon but Arches is so big the price. I hope I can buy that paper one day. _:) Thanks for all your videos. I love so much and you inspire to me.
Emma, what a great intro to watercolor supplies, love the way you explain! The links for purchasing them has made things so easy! Question: Due to my budget, I want to try out the Arches Watercolor Paper Pad, 140 pound, Cold Press, 9x12. What is the difference between the pad and the block? Your link goes to the block...
Emma YOU ARE A FANTASTIC SPEAKER AND TEACHER!
and your CUTE To boot!!! Wow! The best ! Who says you can’t have your cake and eat it too!
Great teaching!
Respectfully Yours,
Jeffery
Mentor Ohio
This was great 👍🏻 except I have and use completely different product for everything lol. The only thing I have that was mentioned was the Canson paper lol, it was given to me. I’ve been doing water colour since spring of 2020, and self taught my self. I’m tossing around the idea of selling my work going into this year, any advice? Other then paper lol (I don’t use the canson paper a lot right now at this moment it’s all I have lol, and I’d like to “practice” more before I feel more confident about selling my work) any advice in that area you could give would be so great, I really enjoy your videos and found you a few months ago, since watching my work improved a ton!
Canadian residents: Opus Art Store (or online) sells Arches pads a third cheaper than most of other retailers and Amazon.
Wanted to share something I tried with my cheap student tube set. The first time I tried leaving the paint in the palette to dry it cracked horribly and fell apart. This time I tried mixing in a couple of drops of glycerin (from the pharmacy) with the paint and it's much better! Still a tiny bit of cracking, but that could be just needing more experimenting with the ratios.
Thanks for this video! Super helpful. Fyi i just saw the bee paper on amazon ( us) 50 sheets for i think $26. Maybe a bit less. I believe that I saw them on eother cheap joes or jerrys artarama. Anywho have a great day!
Check out Delta Art in Edmonton. $19.95 for the Arches. They do ship.
Hi Emma! Always love your videos and learn so much!! I recently discovered water soluble graphite pencils to draw or trace what I want to paint. I was wondering if you have tried them. I find that they work, but you still have to erase much of the graphite or it will alter the color of paint you're using, particularly if it's a light color. Would love to hear your thoughts.
Thank you.
Yes always like to watch your videos 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Thanks Emma. How long have u been painting? Have you to art college before?
Thanks 😀 x
See you next week 🤩🎨
Hi Very helpful video for this newbie! Question on paper tho, why is most paper cream colored and not white? Is this a dumb question🤓
Gracias 🙏
Emma...thank you for all of the information. Have you ever used Arteza 100% cotton watercolor paper? Would be interested in your opinion of it as a reasonably priced option.
Do you use other than round brushes, like the flat, bright, angle?
I watched part 3 first and am happy I did. It does a great job of demonstrating why paper is so important. I started with Canson and also bought Fabriano. Looking forward to trying Arches. My guess is that i will need to learn how to use it. I have developed habits to compensate for how water behaves with Canson. The most difficult being how paint lifts when you try to layer. I have learned that different brands and colors react differently to layers.
Hi Emma I have a question ⁉️ Have you ever tried a watercolor paper called Stonehenge made by Legion? It's 💯 percent 140 LB cotton coldpress? I paid 16.00 at amazon 9in x 12in, 15 sheets. It's on a block and the paper is really good. Oh and it's 🤍 white. I guess it is a little bit more money than the bee paper and by the way I love that paper, but it's worth the money if you can't find any reasonable priced paper for a time. I like the block idea because I don't have to tape it down, it doesn't buckle when wet, and you section it off with tape then cut it when done. Thought I'd let you know. 😊🌞🌴🇺🇸 FLORIDA.
Hello Emma, do you use and recommend size 16 princeton snap?