Before Starting Watercolor
What I Wish I Knew Before Starting Watercolor When I first started watercolor painting, I thought the most important thing was talent. I believed good watercolor artists simply understood color naturally, painted quickly, and created beautiful images with ease. But watercolor turned out to be very different from what I expected. It was not only about color. It was about: water timing paper patience observation Looking back now, there are many things I wish I had understood earlier. Not because watercolor needs strict rules, but because a few simple realizations would have saved me time, money, frustration, and unnecessary confusion. If you are beginning watercolor, these are the things I genuinely wish I had known from the start. Watercolor beginner setup 1. Good Paper Matters More Than Expensive Paint One of the biggest beginner mistakes is buying cheap paper while investing in large paint sets. I made the same mistake. Cheap watercolor paper...