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Best Watercolors to use for beginners and intermediate level artists

A common mistake I see many of the beginners who start with Watercolors do is not using artist grade watercolors. Many people keep asking me in my workshops or Instagram Live sessions if they can start with any non professional or non artist grade colors. Here is why you should NOT DO THAT AT ALL. The problem is, if you use some other student grade watercolor to begin with, then you will NOT get good results no matter how good you paint.   Instead you can go for a low cost, affordable set of Watercolors to start with as a beginner, but make sure that you are using ARTIST GRADE Watercolors only. They can be either tubes or pans, that doesn't make much of a difference but it MUST BE ARTIST GRADE.  How to check if the colors are artist grade Watercolors? Don't worry much about it. You just need to check if it is mentioned on the pack of those colors that they are artist grade watercolors. That's it. Sounds easy right ? Yes it is ! So, now that you know what you should mainl

Beginner's Guide to Watercolor Painting - Best Watercolor Materials for Beginner's

Do you also see different Paintings made by various artists and wish to paint like them ? Then what's stopping you ? Lack of confidence? Lack of ideas? Fear of not doing good? The reason might be anything but don't worry. I will try to help you out a bit on starting your watercolor journey.  Hi, I am  Sanika , a self-taught artist. I am practicing watercolors since my childhood and over the years I have got to know many things about using watercolors through my own experiences. I would love to share them with you all so that you can immediately start painting some beautiful paintings without worrying about ruining them.  Also, I am a  Skill share Teacher.  So, you can take up my class on Skill share about Watercoloring which includes many more details about watercolors along with different painting tutorials. Just tap on sign up and you can  sign up for FREE. MATERIALS So, firstly the type of material you use is very important while doing watercolors. People say that if you hav