Top Watercolor Paint Techniques and Tips for Beginners

Wondering what paints YOU need to get started and how to use them? Then this video is for you - watch this before you go out and start buying watercolour paints! I'll go through of my personal top tips that BEGINNERS should be aware of before buying paints and painting watercolours.

The watercolours I am using in this video are Daniel Smith Watercolours, but any artists' grade watercolour paints will do just fine - I just got a good deal on these awhile back and wanted to try them out. The sketchbook I am used is made from 100% cotton (Saunders Waterford, 300gsm).

ALSO, hang around until the end where I'll demonstrate some of these techniques by painting three small sketches.
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Being authentic and upfront is important to me and I believe in transparency, so I want to let you know that there are affiliate links below. This means that if you click through them, I might receive a commission. It supports my channel without any additional cost to you and allows me to keep producing free content. I personally use and can recommend the below art materials for beginners and advanced watercolour artists.
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I personally own and use all of the following besides some variations of the synthetic brush kits below. I just tried to find ones on Amazon that were similar and good value:

Paper:
► Saunders Waterford Rough Block 300gsm 310 x 410mm (Best for loose landscapes): https://amzn.to/3b2ttn3
► Saunders Waterford Rough Block 300gsm 177 x 254mm: https://amzn.to/34EzFQY
► Saunders Waterford CP Block 300gsm 310 x 410mm (Best all rounder): https://amzn.to/358j5bJ
► Saunders Waterford HP Block 300gsm 310 x 410mm (Best for portraits): https://amzn.to/3905EMc
► Stillman & Birn : Beta Sketchbook 8.25 x 11.75in (A4): https://amzn.to/3b0ZHiA
► Stillman & Birn : Gamma Sketchbook 8.25 x 11.75in (A4): https://amzn.to/3gCD98W
► Moleskine Watercolour Hard Cover Notebook - Plain - Large - Black: https://amzn.to/3lVD2t1
► Winsor & Newton Paper Journal, Cold Pressed 140lb 5x7 (I also have the A4 Australian Version, same paper) https://amzn.to/321Hlek

Paints:
► DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Primary Watercolor Set: https://amzn.to/3jlGD1y
► Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Full-Pan Paint Metal Set, Set of 24 Colors: https://amzn.to/3i820Dd
► Mijello Mission Gold Water Color Palette Set, 36 Colors: https://amzn.to/3jNMGMz
► St. Petersburg Watercolour Ultimate Set/36: https://amzn.to/2QWg5aS
► Winsor & Newton - Cotman Watercolours 12 Half Pan Pocket Box: https://amzn.to/359NnM0

Brushes:
► 3 x Caligraphy Brush Set (wash and large detailing brushes): https://amzn.to/2EKd22z
► Escoda No. 4 KOLINSKY-TAJMYR SABLE (my fine detailing brush): https://amzn.to/33279GD
► Watercolour Sable Round Brush set (various round brushes): https://amzn.to/3i5RWum
► 15 Piece Synthetic Brush set (contains fan/flat brushes): https://amzn.to/3h2btL6
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I use Stillman & Birn Gamma/Beta & Saunders Waterford Sketchbooks.
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► Daniel Smith Paint - https://bit.ly/3gD4EkE
► Schmincke Paint https://bit.ly/3n2SrId
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► St Petersburg Paint - https://bit.ly/3oK2K4a

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► Saunders Waterford Paper - https://ebay.to/3oKvf2C
► Schmincke 12 Half-pan Set - https://ebay.to/3mSqQsV
► Daniel Smith 3 Primary Set - https://ebay.to/386Ga0U
► Value Brush Set - https://ebay.to/3eomZ3M

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