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Watercolor Supplies

Build Your Own Watercolor Palette (Warm & Cool Primaries + Mixing Colors)

Building your own watercolor palette is a quiet game changer. When you choose your own warm and cool primaries, mixing becomes easier, colors stay cleaner, and painting feels more intentional. This guide walks you through how to set up a palette that supports your style and makes watercolor more fun.

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A rustic studio shelf displays an organized collection of watercolor inks, swatch charts, and jars filled with brushes and pens. Below, small labeled containers of pigment sit beside color tests, capturing the behind-the-scenes setup of watercolor supplies and artistic experimentation.

Watercolor Supplies 101: Must-Have Paints, Paper and Brushes

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6 Ways to Add Texture to Watercolor Paintings (Without Fancy Supplies)

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How to Get Started with Watercolor

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A close-up of a hand mixing warm orange and red pigments on a well-used ceramic watercolor palette. Tubes of paint, brushes, and a blank sheet of watercolor paper sit nearby on the studio table, showing the setup and tools behind the painting process.

Build Your Own Watercolor Palette (Warm & Cool Primaries + Mixing Colors)

A rustic studio shelf displays an organized collection of watercolor inks, swatch charts, and jars filled with brushes and pens. Below, small labeled containers of pigment sit beside color tests, capturing the behind-the-scenes setup of watercolor supplies and artistic experimentation.

Watercolor Supplies

Watercolor Supplies 101: Must-Have Paints, Paper and Brushes

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I Let Creative Burnout Push My Music Aside… Here’s What Brought Me Back

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Watercolor Tutorials

Things to Paint in Winter (And What They Teach Me About Slowing Down)

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What Are Muscle Memory Drawing Exercises (And Why Every Artist Needs Them)

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2026 Watercolor Trends: What I’m Seeing and How You Can Use Them

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Watercolor Tutorials

Heartwarming Watercolor Projects for Valentine’s Day

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A Year of Painting Prompts: 52 Ideas to Spark Your Creativity

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Resources for Creatives

Recovering Workaholic: How I Burned Out by 30 (and What I’m Doing Differently Now)

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How to Be More Creative

The Cost of Playing Small: How Silence Steals Your Creative Confidence

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How to Paint Water in Watercolor

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