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36 Watercolor Techniques & Painting Tutorials for Beginners & Experts
These watercolor tutorials and video lessons will get you started and inspire you to be a better watercolor painter. Let them guide your vision, which is unique for everyone. Over time as you find your path, you’ll find your focus as a watercolor artist, which may be inspired by these lessons and painting techniques. Don’t forget to have fun!
Abstract Dripping Watercolor Technique
Use this watercolor technique to intentionally drip watercolors into a vibrant color collage.
Dry Scratching Watercolor Technique For Painting Fur
White fur is usually notoriously difficult to paint. Here’s a clever watercolor technique by Yong Chen using dry scratching & negative painting concepts.
4 Watercolor Resist Techniques Made Simple
It’s a nifty (and remarkably useful) watercolor technique dubbed “watercolor resist.” Here are 4 ways to pull it off.
Watercolor Techniques Using Color & Light For Ultra-Dramatic Paintings
These watercolor techniques put the word “color” in “watercolor.” Includes an example landscape painting for you to follow along and try these techniques.
Variegated Wash Watercolor Technique For Dramatic Skies & Landscapes
Learn how to apply variegated washes, a specific wet-on-wet watercolor technique.
Easy Watercolor Calligraphy Technique
Embellish your written words through the clever use of watercolor and calligraphy. This watercolor technique shared by Linsey Bugbee is a step-by-step crash course on watercolor calligraphy for beginners.
Using A Salt Technique For Texture In A Watercolor Card
Learn how to add a unique effect to watercolor using a common condiment by following Jennifer McGuire in her card-making tutorial.
Technique To Lift Wet Paint
This watercolor technique is for every beginner. Fix mistakes while painting by lifting wet paint using these techniques.
Wet-In-Wet Watercolor Technique
Everything you need to know about this watercolor technique for applying paint or water to wet watercolor paper.
Watercolor Resist Technique With Wax
How to use wax crayons and wax candles as a watercolor technique to resist paint and produce special effects.
Using “Back Washes” As A Technique For Painting Abstract Background Texture
Here’s a watercolor technique for painting interesting textures by dropping clean water onto your painting as paint dries.
Using Tissue Paper As A Watercolor Technique For Textures
How to use tissue paper as a watercolor technique for painting abstract textures.
Splatter & Spray Watercolor Techniques
Flinging paint may be the most fun watercolor technique. Here’s how to do it in a controlled (or uncontrolled) manner.
Sgrafitto & Stamped Watercolor Techniques For Textures
How to use scratching, scraping & stamping as watercolor techniques for achieving specific looks.
Using Salt For Texture
An introduction to a watercolor technique using salt to create special effects and textures in paintings.
