Watch The Complete Beginner's Guide to Watercolor Video Tutorial

🎨 Ready to Start Your Watercolor Journey? 🎨 🖌️ What You’ll Learn in This Video: • Essential watercolor supplies you need to get started. • Easy techniques for blending, layering, and creating texture. • Pro tips to build your confidence and create stunning artwork. 📌 Start Painting Today! 🛍️ Shop My Favorite Watercolor Supplies: https://jennarainey.com/amazon 📖 Download My Free Beginner’s Watercolor Guide: https://jennarainey.com/cbgtw-ebook 🌟 Level Up with My Watercolor Course for Under $100!: https://jennarainey.com/everyday-watercolor-companion-course ✨ Follow Along for More Tips and Tutorials! 🔗 Website: https://jennarainey.com 🔗 IG: @jennarainey Hit play and let’s make watercolor magic together! 💧✨ _______________________________________ DON’T MISS! The Art Within - my course on sketching & watercolor fundamentals, finding artistic style, getting into flow state and more: https://jennarainey.com/the-art-within My Art School Patreon: https://jennarainey.com/patreon _______________________________________ The Complete Beginner's Guide to Watercolor FLOWERS: https://youtu.be/xIQUd-d6wuM The Complete Beginner's Guide to Watercolor: Your Common Questions Answered: https://youtu.be/e-RAg_-NckU How to Paint Anything with Watercolor: https://youtu.be/9e2wy7ktKA0 _______________________________________ Supply Videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdb2U9SHuFlKJwcKAzcOqdJXbxwnmF2H6 Paint a Color Wheel: https://youtu.be/akMvmZkxSBw Paint a Color Chart: https://youtu.be/A91c99UyUfs How to paint leaves: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdb2U9SHuFlI93n_-F6-ZOKfl45nqGm7I _______________________________________ WHO DOESN’T LOVE FREEBIES?! Watercolor, Art & Business Supply List: https://jennarainey.com/supply-list Digitizing Watercolor (video): https://jennarainey.com/digitize-your-artwork Vectorize Your Artwork (pdf): https://jennarainey.com/vector-guide Stationery Design Guide Template: https://jennarainey.com/design-guide _______________________________________ *DISCLOSURE: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows us to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for the support! _______________________________________ *Check out my best-selling watercolor books: — Everyday Watercolor: https://amzn.to/2XJkWNU — Everyday Watercolor Flowers: https://amzn.to/2ZyIN4P ______________________________________ MUSIC: paid for and licenses acquired from Artlist. 00:00 - What this video covers and an FYI 00:50 - Let’s talk supplies! 01:39 - Explaining my palette (extra colors than what's listed?) 02:38 - Colors I use, how I organize them, pro vs. student levels 10:11 - Brushes I use: brand, sizes, quality. 11:21 - How these brushes are made (HIGH quality!) 13:36 - What I use different brushes for. 14:37 - Talking paper. 14:49 - Cold press or hot press? 16:24 - Cotton? GSM? Block vs. Pad? 18:38 - Paper brands: Legion vs. Arches vs. Fabriano 19:25 - Other necessary supplies… 20:08 - Now for color theory. 21:48 - Important lesson from my piano teacher. 23:04 - What to learn from color wheel. 25:14 - Color relationships and why this matters. 29:17 - Analogous colors. 31:58 - Warm colors and cool colors. 34:17 - Get your brushes out as we talk VALUE scales! 37:42 - Practicing and chatting HUE scales. 40:05 - Two techniques to must know: WOW and WOD 41:29 - Three ways to use Wet-on-Wet 48:26 - Using Wet-on-Dry 49:23 - Brush technique practice with circle painting. 51:02 - How you hold your brush changes outcome. 52:23 - Circle painting begins! 55:24 - Tip for shaky hands! 01:00:02 - Find the hold that feels right! 01:01:34 - Focusing on painting quickly. 01:02:22 - COMPOUND strokes. 01:03:24 - Painting leaves with compound strokes. 01:08:41 - If you’re struggling, try longer leaves… 01:10:06 - Putting leaves on a branch. 01:13:38 - What to do with puddles at ends of leaves. 01:15:44 - Muscle memory and wonky stems. 01:18:47 - Painting side-facing basic flower. 01:20:56 - Adding stem to the flower. 01:22:50 - THIS makes it look like a flower. 01:23:37 - Basic open flower. 01:26:06 - Biggest mistake when people paint flowers. 01:27:46 - Putting everything together: full floral wreath 01:29:47 - Composition lesson: balance. 01:31:45 - Sketch before? 01:38:19 - Step back and look… 01:39:28 - Take note as you paint. 01:42:43 - These are easy and help with balance… 01:45:32 - How I am able to paint quickly... 01:46:57 - Final (important!) encouragements. 01:49:01 - Final details to the wreath. 01:49:53 - Further resources to continue learning.