5 Things I Wish I Knew when I First Started Painting in Watercolor

Hindsight is a wonderful thing! Here are five things I wish I knew when I first started painting in watercolor. Books mentioned in this video: 📕 Skies, Light and Atmosphere in Watercolour - David Bellamy https://amzn.to/43D4xwq 📚 Watercolor You Can Do It - Tony Couch https://amzn.to/3IPoDMf 🖼 Prints of Kookaburra painting here: https://www.louisedemasi.com/prints/kookaburra 🖼 Prints of Guinea Fowl: https://www.louisedemasi.com/prints/guinea-fowl-print 🎥 Videos mentioned in this video: How I stretch paper: https://youtu.be/eGi9HkEijtU The secret to beautiful watercolour paintings: Planning Ahead: https://youtu.be/36O04jfp_bI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ME: 🎓 Online Watercolour Classes: https://www.louisedemasi.com/online-classes 👕 Louise De Masi merchandise: https://www.louisedemasi.com/merchandise 🖼️ Louise De Masi art and prints: https://www.louisedemasi.com/shop 🧑🏻‍🎨 Fine Art Supplies I Use: https://www.louisedemasi.com/art-supplies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FREEBIES: 👉 Subscribe to newsletter: https://www.louisedemasi.com/subscribe 🎨 FREE guide on '5 MISTAKES WATERCOLOUR PAINTERS MAKE'. 🖌️ FREE FULL-LENGTH WATERCOLOUR TUTORIAL. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The CAMERA GEAR that I film with: 🎥Camera: Sony A7s III - https://amzn.to/42JaCI7 📸Lens: https://amzn.to/3zbB6Ew 💡Light: https://amzn.to/3TPEEGa ⏱ TIME STAMPS 0:00 Introduction 0:08 Lift colour after the paint has dried 3:11 Stretching watercolour paper - keep paper flat 4:24 Composition - Design element- Dominance 6:28 Mixing paint 8:34 Don't fuss with the paint- accept what it gives you 10:18 Outro 11:10 Bloopers FIND ME HERE:👇🏻 🌎 My website/blog https://www.louisedemasi.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/louisedemasi INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/louisedemasi/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/louise.demasi LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-de-masi-b32b3314/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@louisedemasi Vero: @louisedemasi PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a small amount of revenue from.