This video is a warm welcome to the many watercolor beginners and returners who have recently discovered our channel! Join me as I explain everything you need to know and do to create a painting you'll be proud of, while relaxing and enjoying yourself.

Materials:

Paper
Meeden Watercolor Paper, Cold Pressed, 100% Cotton, 140 lb, 12 x 9 inches: https://amzn.to/3WQZN6r
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Paint brush
Paul Rubens Quill Brush Size 6 https://amzn.to/3WyYsiU
Paul Rubens Quill Brush Size 4 https://amzn.to/4du1Nqo
Princeton Aqua Elite Synthetic Kolinsky Brush, Round, 8 https://amzn.to/42P6whE

Studio equipment
Flat ceramic palette from Meeden https://amzn.to/3SvCQCP or https://tinyurl.com/meeden-ceramic-tray-palette
Meeden water pot https://amzn.to/3Wv75Lo or https://tinyurl.com/meeden-ceramic-brush-wash-bowl
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Pentel Gold Slicci Pen https://amzn.to/4eTXtSD
Washi Tape (Flowers) https://amzn.to/3ypcLOS

Colors
Kuretake Art Nouveau set https://amzn.to/3XElTr5
Winsor and Newton Neutral Tint 14ml https://amzn.to/46vNWxs
Arrtx Acrylic Paint Pens, Set of 48, 3 mm Bullet Tip https://amzn.to/3YnDUwo
Kuretake Gold Gansai Tambi Color https://amzn.to/3yf8nlD

Chapter:
00:00 Setup recommendation for watercolor beginners and those returning to painting
11:04 Choosing harmonious colors
13:13 A little about brushes
18:00 Create color patterns and adjust sound
23:42 A little about sticking a border around the page
27:29 How to hold the brush
27:55 Painting the first layer
37:29 Use a mount to see how it looks so far
39:50 Add gold color
44:37 Correcting a design imbalance
46:42 Add gold pin details
51:30 Separate page from block
52:45 Viewing the finished painting in the frame

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