Watercolour tips - each one a mini watercolour painting lesson

Painting in watercolour really isn't difficult. But it can become easier still if you just have a few pointers on the aspects which can sometimes be tricky.

That's why I've put together this collection of watercolour tips, knowledge that I've accumulated over years of painting and teaching. I hope you'll find one or two of them helpful, and if you do . . . remember that there are tons more tips in my book "Watercolour Notes" - on sale now in my shop!

Index of tips

• Design your painting - the easy way to make sure your watercolour is going to work.
• Tackling trees - helpful advice on how to make your trees look convincing.
• Arranging your workspace - how to set out your studio, in just the corner of the kitchen.
• Choosing the right colours - with just a few tubes of watercolour, you can paint any landscape.
• Easy colour mixing - there's no magic to it, all you have to do is look.

Where are the old monthly tips? Those of you who have been visiting my site for a while will remember my monthly series of watercolour tips. Well, don't worry, all the information and more that was in those tips will appear here, re-written and hopefully improved. However, you can still access the old monthly tips here.

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