Understanding your tools, especially the brushes, can drastically change your painting experience. Brushes are as crucial to watercolor painting as colors themselves, bringing your creative visions to life with their every stroke. They hold, control, and distribute the paint, acting as a medium of translation from your imagination to the canvas. Types of Brushes : Broadly, there are two types of watercolor brushes - natural and synthetic. Natural brushes are crafted from anim

Think of masking fluid like gum. It's sticky, it clings, and once it gets onto something (like a paintbrush, your clothes, the carpet), it can be such a nightmare to remove that you end up throwing things away. Don't worry, I've made all these mistakes so that you don't have to. Here's all my tips for keeping your masking fluid under control.

Help your brushes last longer and perform better with the right tools and a little bit of care. Dried pigment can damage bristles and ruin brush shape, poor storage can bend tips or loosen handles. A little care goes a long way toward keeping your brushes soft, responsive, and ready to paint.

Which palette to get if you tubes, and how to fill them.

Watercolor paper weights, blocks, loose sheets, sketchbooks, spirals...what should I get?!

Using tubes of watercolor paint can be a bit different than using pans or cakes of watercolor. Here's a basic guide on how to use tubes of w

Using watercolor sets of pans is a popular choice for many artists due to their portability and ease of use. Here's my basic guide on how to