Comments on: Beginners guide how to use watercolor paint tubes

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 23 May 2021 10:37:21 +0000

In reply to Faith H Hickey. Have fun with your new watercolors Faith :-)

By: Faith H Hickey

Faith H Hickey — Sat, 22 May 2021 18:37:47 +0000

I wasn’t paying attention to what I was doing and ended up buying some tubes of watercolors instead of acrylics. No problem, a new medium to work with. But I didnt know how to use them. This was exactly what I wanted. I will be exploring more now. Thank you.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 09:41:32 +0000

In reply to ann. Hi Ann You could try making a mixing chart using all of your paints to test the range of color mixing possibilities (see this page for guidance)

By: ann

ann — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 17:44:46 +0000

Thank you for your information–very helpful for beginners! I wondered… I was gifted a set of 6 tubes of watercolor paint…. Could you point me in the direction of what to do next? Should I mix some colors myself by adding for example blue and red?

By: SJ

SJ — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:55:56 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to provide all of this information. I’m just starting out with watercolors and this was incredibly helpful. Thank you!!!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:24:16 +0000

In reply to Dawn. Hi Dawn - making pans or squeezing paint into the wells of a palette produces essentially the same result. The difference is the type of palette you prefer to work with. For example, I have a large John Pike palette with wells that I use I my studio, but for traveling I have a metal folding palette with pans. Hope that helps !

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 15:35:34 +0000

I love your site and all the useful information you have. I just have one question on this topic and the would be what the difference is between using tube paint to make “pans” (#3) or squeezing the tube into “wells” of a palette (#2) and letting both dry out. You mention putting #2 in the fridge to prevent mold. I hope this makes sense.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:32:33 +0000

In reply to Anne. Thanks Anne - glad this was useful !

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 11:32:25 +0000

Thank you!
So clear and concise, and with such insight into our beginners’ problems.

By: watercol

watercol — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 07:32:59 +0000

In reply to Mary.

Hi Mary
Perhaps you could try painting some watercolor value scales…