Got my first set of water colours

I tried like 4 times but I always messed up something, so it’s gonna be a long time before I post anything lol

I tried them and they seem pretty decent tbh

I've played around with both tubes and dry "blocks". For best of both worlds, you can get palettes that come in a box with removable sections that can be filled with whatever color paint. I filled these with paint from tubes, and by keeping the box closed it will mostly retain moisture of the paint while storing. If left long enough they will dry out, but being water colors, I just mist them with water and they work again.

The one I have is basically like this https://a.co/d/j4TrTo6 .

Also - you can get brushes that hold water! It's basically a brush with a water chamber, and you squeeze it to put more water into the bristles. Makes it easy to travel, but for me it's far less messy and keeps the colors cleaner.

https://www.amazon.in/Doms-Non-Toxic-Cardboard-Assorted-Palette/dp/B07V5G7VZQ

Nope, those are straight up watercolors, the kind of which I've never seen either.

Pretty cool.

I guess they are for people like me who don't want to mix our own stuff. I'm into it.

I have no idea as well lol, I saw some videos on YT and they were tubes though. Ig there might be other kinds, but I just picked the ones that seemed familiar

How are there stored usually? I've seen plenty of watercolors tubes my whole life. It is no surprise to me.

One thing was how fricking cheap they are, idk anything about quality, will have to see when I try but still, also there were others like this but half the price

Just fyi, OP , if you end up with a seriously buckled end result because water + paper = warp, please know that you really can iron it out. Do this BEFORE you seal the surface:

Put some plain paper on your ironing board, lay your painting face down, and use a low to medium heat setting (start with low and work up if you need to). Iron until flat. It will not hurt your watercolor painting at all. If you're unsure, there are videos on Youtube.

However, a word of warning: if you're doing mixed media, keep in mind that some materials will melt and smear (embossing powder, crayons, colored pencils, etc) but not regular pencil (graphite), charcoal, or marker. My suggestion would be to do your watercolors first (which is usually how it works out anyway) and iron if necessary, and then proceed to your other media.

And as long as I have your attention, don't let anyone shame your beginning supplies. Everyone starts small, because that stuff can get truly expensive.

And for as many snotty Youtube watercolor videos I've seen titled "It's Not Your Fault, It's Your Paper!" and similar, I have news for them and you: cheap supplies are how you learn to work with any supplies you have, especially paper. Cheap paper is what shows you how to get the very best out of any paper you can buy, regardless of price range. There is one famous watercolorist, Winslow Homer, who regularly used the really bad paper he snagged from his job as a mapmaker for watercolor paintings that now hang in museums and sell for millions.

So if all you have today is copy paper, rock it! As you progress, you'll be glad you stretched your knowledge this way. I still use the beginner stuff I have along with the more expensive stuff I got later, and honestly I prefer the less expensive stuff for certain projects.

I love watercolors. So fun. You're gonna have a fantastic time, OP.

There isn’t really anyone else to share with, so the internet it is

And yeah I am seriously considering getting specific papers, it seems like normal ones get a little weird with water

Edit: Also yeah I would want to share what happens, but I feel a lot of context will be needed for a post of that kind to make sense, will see

Possibly not ideal for cards though, since it takes forever to dry

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