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u/thatg33kgirl · 3 pointsr/Watercolor

For $50 you can get her some nice starter paints, maybe some brushes (I know I'm personally REALLY picky about my brushes), some nice paper, and maybe a nice porcelain palette. If you don't have a local craft store, I suggest either amazon or dick blick for internet shopping fun!

If she'd like cake sets, this would be a good starter set, Winsor and Newton is a good brand.

Or you can add on some tube watercolors if you so choose. (again I went with this brand but you can look at others, I have had some of the cheaper ones go bad on me)

I'm not sure what size of paper she wants but here is some basic watercolor paper. Of course you can find more fancy cold press papers as well.

As far as brushes, as I said I'm pretty picky, but you can start with a nice starter set. Something like this or this is similar to what I started out with. If you'd like to start her out with just one or two really good brushes let me know and I can get out my brushes and link you to ones I personally like. But really it all comes down to personal preference, as I've used hundreds of brushes over the years and brushes that I've liked aren't the same that say other artists like.

And if you still have some money left over I'd recommend a nice porcelain palette. Most sets come with plastic which is okay, but I find that porcelain is just much nicer to mix watercolor in, and of course lasts longer! This is the one I use but this is a nice one as well!

Hope that gives you some help!

u/teatimetomorrow · 3 pointsr/Watercolor

Cute painting! I love elephants :) It looks like you're got a good grasp on how watercolors work, and to preserve whites of the paper. My biggest suggestion, as others said, would be to get some actual watercolor paper because you aren't going to get the lovely blooming, watery effect on canvas. I am not sure what paints you are using, but I would suggest a good quality paint too. Paper in this case would be more important! I do think changing up your supplies is going to give you that watercolor oomph you might be looking for.


I recommend in this order for paper:

  • at least 140lb whatever you decide.

  • Strathmore 400 series. This isn't "artist quality" but it's a pretty nice paper and afforable. For me, it handled better than the cheap "Canson XL watercolor" paper. You can get this at Michaels and probably Hobby Lobby.

  • Arches. Expensive stuff. Highly praised but I got to admit it's not my faovrite. Seemed to warp more than others. This is at Michaels and HL but it's cheaper to buy online.

  • Saunders Waterford. Also more expensive, harder to get in the US besides block style. The blocks annoy me though because it uses black glue on the edges which I found very hard to remove from the paper.

  • Fabriano Artistico (the artist grade), this is so far my favorte paper.


    If you've not used real WC paper before it's going to behave differently than canvas; it's going to warp while you paint on it. You can tape it down to your desk to keep it workable (or a masonite panel really cheap on dickblick.com, or a gator board), and after your painting is done and dry - flip it over onto a clean DRY pillowcase, wet the pack with a sponge (lightly but covered), lay a thin pillowcase/sheet overtop and iron the paper flat. Can take 10-15 minutes of continuous ironing, make sure to keep it moving. Make SURE not to get the front side wet.


    Next, I would recommend at least 1 large round brush. I really like this one:


    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00512C1VS/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1


    Then, for paints, I'd recommend if your budget is tight a Cotman set like this,


    https://www.amazon.com/Winsor-Newton-Cotman-Colour-Sketchers/dp/B00004THXI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482286770&sr=8-1&keywords=cotman+watercolors


    You can get this at Michaels but it's...ridiculously more expensive.


    But if you can afford it, lines such as: Daniel Smith, M. Graham, Holbein. Remember that you don't have to just use one brand and pigments can vary from brand to brand! Check out:


    http://www.janeblundellart.com/building-your-palette-of-colours.html


    For color suggestions starting out.


    Lastlyyyy, check out dickblick.com, cheapjoes.com, jerrysartarama.com for supplies. Cross check it with Amazon. Usually the art supply sites are a few dollars cheaper and that really adds up on tubes of paint. jacksonsart.com ships brushes for free to the US, tend to be a good bit cheaper, but shipping can take a few weeks.
u/celeryroot · 3 pointsr/Watercolor

$100 will get you pretty far! obligatory ymmv, a lot of supplies depend on what and how you paint (do you paint large or small? do you paint outside a lot and need a travel kit? and so on), etc, etc, but here is how i would spend the money:

  • paints

    kuretake gansai tanbi, 36 color set - the best set of watercolors i have used and relatively cheap, the colors are vibrant, mix well, and set beautifully.


  • paper

    probably where most of the money should go after upgrading your paints. i like the strathmore 500 series and the canson papers for sketching and learning. other higher end brands that are recommended a lot are arches, bee paper, and fluid 100. definitely try out both hot press and cold press, people usually develop a preference but one is not necessarily better than the other.

  • brushes

    honestly, brushes are not that important as long as they are not frayed or shedding. i've seen tons of professionals use and recommend this cheap set by grace art. i also like the princeton neptune brushes.

  • extras

    if you still have money left, i would suggest trying something cool like metallic and pearlescent paints if it interests you. or use the money towards other mediums if you want to branch out.
u/c0ffeebreath · 3 pointsr/Watercolor

Rick Surowicz’s YouTube channel is awesome: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_RHSK_GEIoVTF-QNKDRvgA

I recommend his podia “Rocks and Water” was worth every penny: https://ricksurowicz.podia.com/rocks-and-water

Joseph Zbukvic’s book is amazing. It’s out of print, but you can find a pdf here: https://archive.org/details/ZbukvicCompressed

Ron Hazell’s Book Painting Water in Watercolor is a great resource for painting water: The Artist's Guide To Painting Water In Watercolor: 30+ Techniques https://www.amazon.com/dp/144033725X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_1QpCDb00QVENB

Liron Yancosky’s YouTube is really good: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChJff_wMy_bByb0jFTfw0xw

I love Tim Wilmot’s videos as well because he explains so well as he goes: https://www.youtube.com/user/timwilmot

Stan Miller hasn’t updated in a while, but his videos are really helpful: https://www.youtube.com/user/Stanleylestermiller

u/ANTELOGI · 2 pointsr/Watercolor

I personally prefer the paint that doesn't come dry, so if you're willing to buy something as pricey as the big paint set, I'd say [go with this set instead] (http://www.amazon.com/Winsor-Newton-Cotman-Water-12-Tube/dp/B001S7K8X8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420662136&sr=8-1&keywords=windsor+newton+watercolor+set). You can get vibrancy in the colors better since you can use them with very little water, opposed to dry sets where you need to start off with a lot of water to break up the paint.

Also, I love cheap brush sets. I find that the synthetic ones work just fine, you get a good amount for your dollar, and you don't have to worry about brush care since they're so affordable. Might save the money on pricier brushes when you've decided you wanna stick with this and you've learned more about the medium.

Have fun! The bird woman is pretty good; I like the blend of colours!

u/infidelappel · 1 pointr/Watercolor

Aw, shucks. Thanks!

It helps me a ton that while I'm brand new at actually painting, I'm not new to drawing or even digital painting at all since I work as a 3D/Digital artist. So for me, getting used to watercolors has mostly just been about learning to control the paint itself.

As far as that goes, I think the biggest thing is just to try to see what other painters do as far as techniques go.

Someone posted this video here a while back and I found it absolutely incredible. Watching the way these guys work with their color and some of the methods they use to get the paint to do what they want, bleeding here or there or being tightly controlled there, was really helpful to me.

My teacher also had this book laying around while we were working, and it has an absolute ton of interesting ways to use different tools or approaches to get different effects. It also has a lot of nice step-by-step illustrations so you can see how the artist blocks in color and then refines detail.

I guess really the best advice I can give you is to experiment with different looks or styles. If you see something another watercolor artist does, don't be afraid to copy that effect or approach. By experimenting with different approaches, hopefully you'll find some tools that really speak to you as an artist that you can employ in your painting from there on out. And most of all, just enjoy it. I didn't set out with any real goals for this class or learning watercolors; I just did it as something fun and as a way to be creative for fun and not just for work again. So if you're enjoying yourself and trying different techniques that make you have fun with it, that's the most important thing you can be doing as a beginner if you ask me.

Feel free to shoot me some links to any pieces you'd like any critique or suggestions on, I'm no expert but I'd be happy to offer whatever advice I can.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/Watercolor

Oh boy! Watercolor is beautiful and relatively easy to get started with, but the medium has a unique character that people find difficult to master. I find that instead of learning to control watercolor, I learn to work with it.

This book is one of my favorites, and youtube has a lot of excellent videos which will show you how to approach painting. Just search for 'Watercolor Speed Painting' or 'Watercolor Tutorials'.

If you have no experience with them, start with a cheap set of tube paints, and any heavy paper. Get a set of real-hair watercolor brushes, or a couple decent synthetic ones. Bigger is better! Get at least an 8 and a 12. If you want to buy better individual paints, start with a minimal palette like one of the two mentioned here.

Practice, practice, practice, and keep asking questions :) Good luck!

u/Thespeckledkat · 2 pointsr/Watercolor

Ah cool! Well I make Paint Sets for my etsy shop with Daniel smith and M Graham tube paints squeezed and then dried into little travel palettes. As I have all of the supplies, I've made sets for my kids that are around the same age. They are learning from an early age how to handle professional quality materials right off the bat, and the art of color mixing, which I think is important. So if you go for those tubes, I'd recommend getting her a little palette that she can squeeze a little bit of the tubes into and then allow to dry. I've been really happy with this palette . She would have room to slowly expand her colors -(future present ideas ;) That way the tubes won't get used up in a months time. I don't however give them my arches paper. They get the strathmore 400 :) so you could buy the palette and a pack of strathmore (50% off coupon at Michaels!) for about the same price as an arches pad. Boom, done! ;)

If you didn't want the tubes, and you wanted her to have more color choices, I'd go for the Windsor Newton cotman set at Michaels with a 50% off coupon. It'll cost about $15-20 that way.

u/food_and_cuddles · 3 pointsr/Watercolor

Hi! the notebook is this global arts materials one and the water brush is just the free one from my Sakura watercolor set! They're both pretty cheap materials - I have my eye set on a few higher end things, but I'm a firm believer that good art doesn't necessarily require quality supplies ;)

EDIT (forgot to respond to your second question): Oh, and I like the brush! I find the water barrel convenient when I'm sketching outdoors, although I do keep a jar for paint water when I'm painting at home still. It's very functional both ways :)

u/skysplitter · 2 pointsr/Watercolor

Here's a Koi set on Amazon that always seems to get a lot of love. And here's the Arches paper I was talking about. I checked- the half off price at Michael's is about the same as it is on Amazon, so if you want to stick with Amazon, there you go. And yes, yes the paper is that expensive for only 20 sheets, but as a learner, it's fine to use both sides of the paper :)

Also, don't worry about easels. Since watercolors are... wet, painting on a flat surface helps the paint not run all over the paper.

u/Sallymeding · 4 pointsr/Watercolor

Off the top of my head......John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Wyeth family, Paul Klee, Whistler, O'Keefe, Eakins, JWM Turner are some of the most famous of the past and lots can be learned from them. Today it depends on what you are interested in....figures: I like Mary Whyte Charles Reid, Color:....Nita Leland, Steven Quiller, Anne Abgott, Jan Kunz... Techniques: Zoltan Zsabo, Gordon MacKenzie, Cheng Khee Chee, Jo Taylor....Abstract watercolor landscapes: Ann Blockley Miles Batt, Shirley Trevena, Jane E Jones. On youtube "Mind of Watercolor" & Yong Chen, Grant Fuller, ....................Here's a book that might help https://www.amazon.com/Watercolor-Masters-Legends-Techniques-Visionary/dp/1440335265/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505169173&sr=8-1&keywords=watercolor+masters+and+legends.
So many watercolorists are amazing: John Salminen, Alvaro Castagnet & Alexey Chernigin

u/hedgehogsinhats · 0 pointsr/Watercolor

Hmm, it sort of varies with a lot of stuff, but Prima is pretty portable, as is White Nights. Sennelier makes good stuff as well.

u/KHOUG · 6 pointsr/Watercolor

Cool! If you like drawing buildings I recommend d picking up https://www.amazon.com/Perspective-Made-Easy-Dover-Instruction/dp/0486404730

Awesome book on prespective.

u/CottonSkeleton · 3 pointsr/Watercolor

Water in my experience is a lot trickier. Again, you've got a great start by using thinner lines on the stems to show they're behind a transparent object. Since the thickness of the stems is similar below and above the water level, you could make the line even thinner (like, super thin implied baby lines) when it's underwater. Or, you could forego linework completely and rely on colour to show the form (which I think looks super cool with watercolours).

I think using a thin line for the water surface worked well. A way to push the depth further would be to use perspective. Continue the water line around the back of the vase to show the surface of the water as a flat circle, instead of a curved 2D line - image searching 'cylinder in perspective' can show I mean. If you do this, it's best to be consistent and do the same with the vase as well, otherwise it looks kinda weird.

Another theory about line weight applies to objects in perspective - the further an object is from the viewer, the less detail the viewer sees, so the line work should be thinner as the object moves back.

You've got the right idea about using colours to show some reflection on the surface of the water. I think by using perspective to turn it into a flat plane instead of a line, it'll also make it easier for you to visualize when you try to add those reflections.

As for colouring underwater, that's... something I'm still learning myself lol

There's lots of information out there on the internet about perspective and colour theory that goes into way more depth (hah) than I can, but if you're looking for books check out Color and Light by James Gurney and Perspective Made Easy by Ernest Norling.

u/greymattr · 5 pointsr/Watercolor

Those are pretty cool, and you can do some decent illustrations with them, but I wouldn't say you could 'paint' with them. What you want is a water brush and a small portable watercolor set, or small folding palette.

It's more functional, and you will be happier if you want to paint.

u/icecreamninja · 1 pointr/Watercolor

I recently got this book: http://www.amazon.com/Paint-Vibrant-Watercolors-Twelve-Lessons/dp/0062336320 and I found it pretty useful for the drawing tips/what colors to use. There's review of the book with some screenshots of the pages here so you can decide if it'll help you too: http://www.parkablogs.com/content/book-review-you-can-paint-vibrant-watercolors-twelve-easy-lessons

u/blue_horse_shoe · 3 pointsr/Watercolor

reminds be of the art in this book, but yours is much more sophisticated

u/LaurenShisler · 2 pointsr/Watercolor

These are what I use! I like them cause you can use water with them to dull the white down. Kind of like a Gouache
https://www.amazon.com/Uni-Ball-153-Signo-Broad-Point/dp/B00KK6X7CW

u/Imstillsearching · 2 pointsr/Watercolor

It is! I'm very new to watercolour and therefore have a lot of "technique learning" to do (I've never been an artsy person).
This is the book this particular exercise was painted from : https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1844489574/ref=pd_aw_sbs_14_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=YA332W7ZNAVTAHSHHNC0&dpPl=1&dpID=51vgfJGkPgL
And this is the one that helps me so much with trees : https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1844487792/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=0M8HH7B6TK1GHD0HKJNK&dpPl=1&dpID=51bu-CvQjiL

u/geekpoet · 3 pointsr/Watercolor

Eric Sloane book "Skies and the Artist: How to Draw Clouds and Sunsets" would be a good start.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/048645102X

u/EjQMi · 3 pointsr/Watercolor

Koi from Sakura is a good travel pack.
Sakura XNCW-30N Koi Field 30 Assorted Watercolors with Brush Sketch Set https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BKABXOA/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_pjokzbQK1GYFJ

u/yust · 6 pointsr/Watercolor

It looks like these. They're spectacular!

u/guambatwombat · 1 pointr/Watercolor

Black paper is gonna be a disappointment, just paint the background black, trust me.

As for beginners sets, is Michaels art store a thing in the UK? They have great beginning sets and always have coupons.

Someone gifted me this set and I liked it a lot. I bought acrylic paints from the seller company and have had no complaints. I'm still kind of a novice myself, but there's my two cents.

u/estvisus · 1 pointr/Watercolor

Hi, I use the Uni-ball UM 153 Signo Broad Point Gel Pen, white although I will soon start also using the Uni Pc-1MR Posca Marker Ultra Fine White once I purchase it since the pen I currently use does not spread too well on some work.

u/Jayne_Cobbs_Hat · 2 pointsr/Watercolor

I am a beginner so I bought this and replaced the water brush with two travel brushes.

Sakura XNCW-30N Koi Field 30 Assorted Watercolors with Brush Sketch Set https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BKABXOA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Uq37CbTT9CHPQ

u/Relictorum · 1 pointr/Watercolor

www.amazon.it

Look for atossico aquerello

Link here.

Today I learned the word for watercolor in Italian is "acquerello" and the word for non-toxic is "atossico".