Watercolour Paint Tips

Name: Watercolour Paint Tips
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Cost saving tips for Watercolour Paint Tubes, Watch a Demo and Make your own ART Journal

Created byBev Morgan

Last updated 6/2019

English

What you'll learn

Learn 'how' to stretch paint pigments, a little further just by organizing and opening up tubes!
Watch 'how' to do a quick painting of tropical birds using paint from dried up tubes.
As a BONUS lecture, students will learn 'how' to make their own ART Journal

Course content

1 section • 6 lectures • 34m total length

Introduction1:47
Welcome to this course and enjoy learning some cost saving tips to stretch your paint pigments a little bit further!
Organize Your Paints2:38
Through the years, my watercolour paint tubes were in plastic bags and then I found a craft container and separated them by colour. I created a peg board wall unit, by cutting a peg board to fit inside a 16" x 20" wood frame. Quickly I realized that I had many of one colour and few of my favourites! You may found another method works for you and I would love to hear 'how' you organized your paint tubes!
Open Your Tubes3:50
To save on money and expense, I decided a few years back to open all my tubes, once I squeezed all the paint out. To my surprise, sometimes I used some tubes for another month or two!
Other uses for Paints2:42
These open tubes can be used in various ways. Sometimes my working palette needs a fresh pigment, so I can easily use up some of these as extra supply of paint! I have often taken them with me when I do my plein aire painting. If I have a limited time to sketch and paint, I bring along to apply some colour with my water brush after my sketch. I am sure that you will find other ways of using them up!
Watercolour Demo9:41
This demo of painting these tropical birds demonstrates how easily you can use these left over paints (which would have been thrown out a few years ago). If you feel that you would like to investigate and learn other new watercolour techniques, visit my other courses on Udemy.
BONUS lecture 'How' to make your own ART Journal!13:47
Create your own Art Journal with one sheet of Watercolour Paper!

Requirements

No past painting knowledge required, only a stock of watercolor paints!

Description

Learn how to stretch your paint a little further, by not throwing your tubes after you squeezed the last drop. Open your tubes and there are lots of paint for further projects and paintings. Sometimes just organizing your tubes of paint, can show you at a glance how your inventory is, if you have too much of one pigment and not enough for another. Bev will demonstrate her own method of paint organization! With the extra pigments, she demonstrated a watercolour painting of three Tropical Birds.

Enjoy a BONUS lecture, where artists are shown 'how' to make their own ART Journal books from one sheet of Watercolour Paper!

Who this course is for:

Any skill level watercolorist artists would appreciate these cost saving tips!