WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

Table of Contents

1. BACKGROUND
2. PAPER FOR WATERCOLOUR PAINTING
   1. Surfaces
   2. Paper Weight
   3. Watercolour Manufacturers
   4. Questions
3. DRAWING IMPLEMENTS
   1. Brushes
   2. Pencils and Drawing
   3. Questions
4. WATERCOLOUR PAINTS
   1. Colours Needed
   2. Mixing Colours
   3. Questions
5. COMPOSITION
   1. Questions
6. PERSPECTIVE
   1. Linier Perspective
   2. Arial Perspective
   3. Questions
7. PAINTING OUTDOORS
8. RESEARCH
9. BEGIN YOUR PAINTING
   1. Adding Colour to the Sky
   2. Adding Colour to the Ground
   3. Adding Colour to the Ship and Building
   4. Adding Colour to the Trees and Distant Surroundings
   5. Finish Painting

WATERCOLOUR PAINTS

Watercolour paints come in two grades; Artist paints that are the best and Student paints that are less expensive. The main difference between the two grades of paint is that the Artist colours will not fade over time. The colours come in tubes and half and whole pans, and you can use whichever you prefer.

Watercolour paints comes in tubes or pans and half pans. Tubes are just squeezed out ready to use; pans and half pans should be pre-wetted to ensure that the paint comes off them easily and without damaging the brushes.