Hi prefer, welcome and glad to see you here.
Youtube is a wonderful resource but it can be overwhelming and the quality of the instruction varies. Personally, if you have the means, I'd suggest getting a beginners watercolor DVD and learning from that. It gives you the advantage that you'll have one instructional style which will cut down on a lot of conflicting information. The wonderful thing about watercolor is that there are a hundred ways to do it, but the bad thing about watercolor is that there are a hundred ways to do it.
It gets very confusing on youtube when one instructor says here is how to do this and another says don't do this do this and another says no do it this way
For a first time beginner I recommend this DVD
A Solid Start in Watercolor
Lynn Powers does not overwhelm you with theory or try to get you to do things that are too difficult so it is a good starting place. She has a pleasant delivery. I didn't start with this DVD but I wish I had.
Watercolor is a challenge but it is really fun. The biggest challenge is learning to control the water on your paper, on your brush and on your palette. The painting part is easy once you have the amounts of water under control.
Here is my picture of one of the exercises I did from this DVD. If I remember correctly it was an exercise in controlling the graded wash. I usually did each exercise about 5 times before moving on to the next section. Good luck and have fun!
Youtube is a wonderful resource but it can be overwhelming and the quality of the instruction varies. Personally, if you have the means, I'd suggest getting a beginners watercolor DVD and learning from that. It gives you the advantage that you'll have one instructional style which will cut down on a lot of conflicting information. The wonderful thing about watercolor is that there are a hundred ways to do it, but the bad thing about watercolor is that there are a hundred ways to do it.
It gets very confusing on youtube when one instructor says here is how to do this and another says don't do this do this and another says no do it this way For a first time beginner I recommend this DVD
A Solid Start in Watercolor
Lynn Powers does not overwhelm you with theory or try to get you to do things that are too difficult so it is a good starting place. She has a pleasant delivery. I didn't start with this DVD but I wish I had.
Watercolor is a challenge but it is really fun. The biggest challenge is learning to control the water on your paper, on your brush and on your palette. The painting part is easy once you have the amounts of water under control.
Here is my picture of one of the exercises I did from this DVD. If I remember correctly it was an exercise in controlling the graded wash. I usually did each exercise about 5 times before moving on to the next section. Good luck and have fun!
