Magnolia Workshops: Basics Of Painting: Watercolor

Enter the fascinating world of watercolor with artist Helen Dealtry. From how to get started to completing a piece, paint along as Helen walks you through everything you need to know about painting with watercolor.

Helen explains watercolor mediums and how they react with water and paper.

Helen reveals common watercolor papers and the benefits between them.

Helen shows how different watercolor brushes translate onto paper.

Get inspired for your watercolor project by finding inspiration and creating a mood board to help guide your piece along. Whether it's collecting textiles, jewelry, or florals, inspiration can be found anywhere in the world around us.

A well-composed painting begins with visualizing what you want to create. Learn how to arrange a unique composition by sketching or taking photographs of an arrangement and playing with different backgrounds and foregrounds.