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Painting swatches is an excellent way to compare and get to know the characteristics of your paint. I wanted to learn how to make watercolor swatches in a way that would be a useful reference guide when I’m painting. I’ve seen lots of examples of these, but they all seem to be slightly different. I

I've been playing lately with these new Golden QoR Watercolors to include making charts on different paper. The bulk of these pigments are...

I have spent a lot of time in the last couple of months comparing watercolour paints made by a number of manufacturers. I have done a painted swatch of each one in a wash on damp paper and in a 'juicy' wash to see how they look nice and strong. Painted samples of watercolours. I tested them all from dried samples since that is how I use them in my palette, rather than straight from the tube. There are so many beautiful colours available that it can be difficult to choose the ones that are…

In this quick video, I'm sharing my #1 tip for painting watercolor color mixing charts.The tip is: Use masking tape to create your grid! I used to draw the g...

Color swatches created with the thirteen of the fourteen color palette in my Winsor & Newton Cotman Compact watercolor set. A great exercise for getting to know your colors and just some of the possibilities. This was created in a...

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Watercolor Vocabulary for Beginners and How to Swatch Paint Quickly and Easily. My method for swatching new watercolor sets. #howtoswatchwatercolor #watercolourforbeginners #watercolourswatches #howtowatercolorbeginners

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