Article · Kerrie Woodhouse
How to Loosen Up Your Watercolour Painting: 3 Super Practical Tips
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
About this lesson
Three concrete ways to loosen watercolor: use far more water and let pigment spread into soft edges, paint with a single large soft round, and stop fussing once a mark is down so accidents can work for you.
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