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20. What brand paint and paper did you get? The lucida app is what I use to trace stuff that I

Reply to Trueblue Texan (Reply #19)

Fri Dec 24, 2021, 07:56 AM

Dec 2021

I want to come out right. YouTube is chock full of how to beginner watercolor lessons. Facebook, too. Start simple. Learn water control: paper, palette, brush, then get to know your pigments. Watercolorists are artists, physicists, and chemists. Not everything will mix well. As far as drawing, stay whimsical. You can’t get that wrong as a whimsical watercolor google search will show!

Editing to add I am the daughter of an art teacher and photographer and I refused to do art in case I was the bad one in the family. I came to it very late in life as well.

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Spent the weekend rushing some bookmarks for work Xmas presents. [View all] GPV Dec 2021 OP

Oh, I love these! Can I have one? secondwind Dec 2021 #1

Thank you! GPV Dec 2021 #2

So pretty catrose Dec 2021 #3

Thanks! GPV Dec 2021 #12

Very nice Sherman A1 Dec 2021 #4

Thank you. :) GPV Dec 2021 #13

I love them too! ❤ littlemissmartypants Dec 2021 #5

Thank you so much! GPV Dec 2021 #14

Beautiful gifts Walleye Dec 2021 #6

Thank you! GPV Dec 2021 #15

Those are lovely. I really like the toadstool and snail 😊🍄🍄🍄🐌🐌🐌 Ziggysmom Dec 2021 #7

Thank you. I like that one too. It's a snapshot of a story, I think. I do wonder GPV Dec 2021 #16

Awwww! Beautiful and very clever! And I like the turtle! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #8

Oh those are beautiful, you did great work on these, what terrific gifts they will make! LiberalLoner Dec 2021 #9

You're so talented! Native Dec 2021 #10

Thank you so much! The nice thing is it's more learned skill than talent. Anyone who wants GPV Dec 2021 #17

Very Pretty! Trueblue Texan Dec 2021 #11

I can't really draw. I'm too impatient to really sit still and work on it. I spend more GPV Dec 2021 #18

Happened to have bought watercolor set and paper yesterday! Trueblue Texan Dec 2021 #19

What brand paint and paper did you get? The lucida app is what I use to trace stuff that I GPV Dec 2021 #20

Very nice! bif Dec 2021 #21

I love the turtle. My late MIL used to tell us that the turtle was the only PatrickforB Jan 2022 #22