First Practise - washes

Have fun! Experiment! Go wild with your color creations! But if you are truly serious, there are some lessons you will have to learn. And do it again and again and again until you have mastered this lesson.

Watercolor wash:

Draw a rectangle or imagine a rectangle on your paper. Use a flat 1” brush.
Mix a liberal amount of paint and fill your brush.
Start on the upper left corner of your rectange, or upper right corner if you are left handed.
Gently paint your first line.

Refill your brush for your second line.
As you paint across your rectangle make sure you overlap the beads of paint that had formed at the bottom of your first line.
Keep a tissue handy, you wont need it for your tears of joy just yet, but to mop off some drips that may run wildly down your paper.

Refill your brush for your third line, etc, etc and keep going until your rectangle is done.

If you accidently miss the connection of your previous stroke, refill your brush and right away repeat that stroke making sure you overlap your previous line..

Carefully soak up the beads of color at the bottom of your rectangle. I use a dry brush.

Let your rectangle dry and if your rectangle is colored evenly, well done! Congratulations!

Get your supplies!