EQ: Where do artists gather inspiration
I’m not going to lie. Watercolors are deceptively tricky.
Over the years, I’ve learned I really need to teach watercolors as a whole unit.
We begin with the very basics. How to get the colors ready, use the palette, use the brush, and not hold the palette sideways when putting away!
Then we move into mixing colors with a color wheel. My students make a color wheel for each new medium. Then we explored various techniques through a guided step-by-step painting where we all painted the same thing.
Then when the students were ready, they picked their own subjects to paint.