When you're first starting out with watercolor, or even if you're a more experienced artist stuck and in need of inspiration, playing around with simple painting ideas can be loads of fun!
That's my main message—play! In this tutorial I show give you three things to try: an easy wet-on-wet abstract, an easy flower bouquet, and a sunset landscape. Each of these use different watercolor techniques and brush strokes, too, so it's great practice!
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Simple Watercolor Painting Ideas for Beginners
00:00 – Intro
00:17 – 1st painting: easy abstract
04:45 – 2nd painting; simple daisy flower bouquet
11:51 – 3rd painting: sunset and palm tree landscape
21:27 – Let me encourage you…
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I especially like the first part. I like abstraction. Those blue spots are great. I think we will try this work with children next time. I just need to buy better paper.
Fantastic.
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