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As promisedHere is my very first watercolour tutorial that you've requested me.
and something I would like to say before you start
Make sure you have some tissue papers while you're working, This will helped you control the water flow, cleaning your brushes,etc.
and don't use only one water container, let's find 2-3 of them
one is for washing your brushes and one for mixed with paints.
If you use only 1 water container, the water will become muddy and give you some horrible dirty effects, ruin your precious work for all time.
And use the best quality brush you can afford.
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Here's the link to my 2nd watercolor tutorial.
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I can not color very well. I try to use a computer program called Gimp to color my inked and finished sketches. It has worked alright, but I just don't have the vibrant color you have.
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lol, how cute, she's making a mess XD I <3 this pic
-OpHiDiAn
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is it ok to use paper that is 220gsm?
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It's fine
220gsm paper is better than paper I used in this tutorial [mine is 190gsm]
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thanks!!! And HAPPY BIrthDAY!!!!!!
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I paint mainly with oils , and spent alot of money on the brushes, i want to do watercolours now because me and oil painting are not freinds any more
do i have to buy new paint brushes or can i use the watercolour ones ?
Oil brushes are more hard and springy ,they dont bend at all when you ar epressing into the canvas or paper, is this okay ?
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Oil brush is too hard for watercolor painting, They will damage the paper surface.
I recommend you to buy a watercolor brush.
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Oh
I am way too poor for all the supplies i need :crap:
Any cheap brand or good retailer you reccomend ?
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watercolor brushes I used just cost about $0.6 per brush [I use no.7 round brush]
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O.6$ per brush !
What brand and what store please , where i shop each brush is about 5$ or 12$
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It's Sakura i-paint watercolor brush
[link]
But I think it isn't available in USA ; ;
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I wish it were available here, I have to sacrifice alot to pay for art things 
How do you scan in your paintings by the way ?
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You can read scanning process at the bottom of this tutorial.
[link]
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What brand of watercolor do you suggests? Is pental good?
I read some of the comments saying that watercolor pencil work to. I 've tried it before, and it ended up by a hole in my drawing paper. The paper is from sketch book paper. not printing paper.
Would you mind helping me out?
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You absolutely need to get watercolor paper for watercolors.
See, sketching paper has a 50lb weight. It most definitely isn't thick enough to hold any amount of water. It's basically useful for pencils only.
Then there's drawing papers which range from 60-90lbs. They're generally used for fine-detail drawing or charcoal drawings [if the paper has texture to it]. They're a bit thicker than sketching paper, so if you wanted to do a commission for someone or wanted to frame it for a friend...I'd bump up to these.
Watercolor paper is much much thicker/heavier though, at about a 110-140lb weight. Go to your nearest art store and just feel the papers. As the lbs go up, the paper gets thicker; and thus, the ability for the paper to retain water also goes way up. There's really no other paper you can use for paints of any kind except watercolor paper.
As for watercolor brands...until you're experienced, I'd practice with whatever is cheapest. I bought a pack of assorted watercolor paints by Reeves for like $10, if that:
[link]
Until you have a reasonable level of skill with the medium, don't sweat not buying the individual tubes. There's an interesting learning curve with watercolors, so it'd be best to start with the basics and work up. It also works out into a nice way to "treat" yourself for all of the hard work and practice you do to go out and buy new art supplies. Keeps the process going smoother for me. ;]
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thx. sorry for the late reply
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What kind of brush are you using?
I've used Red Sable and find it's a bit too soft. What would you reconmend?
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I use synthetic fiber brushes.
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awesome(<👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This is certainly helpful! Thanks for the great job!
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you have so many colour pencils and copic markers!!!im so jealous T T
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is it ok to use a 300 gsm piece of paper?
i can't find 190 gsm anywhere....T^T
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300g paper is better than 190g
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thanks.WHOO!i was worried i got the wrong type of paper
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very good tutorial
i like your drawing style^-^
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I wanted to colour my artwork but I don't know how to do it with photoshop, maybe I should try water colour instead?
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hehe i just use my clothes instead of tissue....
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guache is a bitch. lol most unforgiving medium I've ever worked with
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Yay, watercolor!~ head shots are very blurry though ..
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great, the pic is really awesome ^^
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you make it look so easy1haha lol great turtorial
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superb and inspiring 
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Amazing tut ! Thank You ! What watercolors do you use?
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"I still suck in speaking English"
WHAT ?! xD
So, where are u from ? x)
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