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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

How to deal with Art Block !?

When I started painting, I kept on trying various mediums or styles to explore new things. I never had to keep thinking about what to do next and I thought that's the exact case with all artists, until recently when someone asked me on my Instagram page that 'How do you deal with Art blocks !?' That time I came across this new term known as an ' Art Block ' which I hadn't heard or faced ever before. So then, I searched to find out, What do you actually mean by an Art block ? Then, I came to know that it happens to artists or creator's when they run out of ideas to create something new.  Personally, I have never faced this situation till now since there are sooo many things on my to do list already, that I can't ever sit in a corner thinking about what next !? But if you are facing such Art Blocks, then you are at the right place ! Keep reading till the end to put an end to your blocks now on... The main reason why I have never faced this issue is beca