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Watercolor Supplies for Beginners: What You Really Need
A practical starter list of watercolor supplies for beginners: paint, paper, brushes, palette and extras, plus what you can safely skip while you learn.
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Watercolor Supplies
5 guides, starting with Watercolor Supplies for Beginners: What You Really Need.
Transparent vs Opaque Watercolor: How the Paints Differ
Understand how transparent and opaque watercolors differ in light, layering and mixing, how to test your own paints, and how opaque watercolor compares to gouache.
Transparent Watercolor Painting: Layering and Glazing
Learn how transparent watercolor painting works: painting light to dark, glazing step by step, wet-on-wet versus wet-on-dry, and how to avoid muddy layers.
Types of Brushes for Watercolor Painting and When to Use Them
Learn the main types of watercolor brushes, from rounds and mops to flats and liners, how hair type matters, and which few you need to start.
Watercolor Painting Medium: What It Is and When to Use It
Find out what a watercolor painting medium is, the common types such as gum arabic and ox gall, and when an additive helps or is unnecessary.
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