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I experimented over the weekend with my new watercolour set, and received some helpful advice from Dave and Erin which guided me toward more-water-less-paint. Watercolour seems to be more a matter of suggestion than traditional “colouring in” as I was used to from childhood. I botched the front vestibule, and the driveway angle’s all wrong, but I like the way this developed.

100 Prince Street
Sketching
Watercolour

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Amazing progress. I have never been able to effectively work watercolours, which is unfortunate because I've always loved those little boxes of watercolour sets. You're inspiring me to maybe give it another shot.

The keys for me, other than experience-through-fiddling, have been:

  1. Getting a “travel” watercolour set: it’s only got 12 colours, and I haven’t mastered colour theory yet, which is why my brick buildings are pink. But the fact that I can fit it comfortably in my handbag means I always have it with me, and whipping it out at a restaurant doesn’t seem like I’m setting up shop.
  2. Getting a “water brush,” a brush with a receptacle for water in the handle. This means I don’t have to find water to paint, so, again, I’m always painting-ready.

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