Jun 24, 2025 · Join us for interesting and informative discussions of techniques, materials, and approaches to working with watercolors.

Dec 1, 2025 · Welcome to the "DECEMBER" 2025 Watercolor Challenge. ———————————- In case any new participants come along, the very few rules, are as …

Jan 14, 2006 · You probably put a lot of yourself into your watercolor paintings: time, energy, concentration, anger, love, blood sweat, & tears. So you sure don’t want your creations to …

Oct 6, 2005 · It is not very archival, I’m afraid. The oil paint will eventually rot the paper, and make it very brittle, as the painting ages. Oil paint soaking into paper doesn’t make for a very …

Dec 13, 2023 · Nevertheless, it’s somewhat fugitive and slightly toxic, so it has lost favor in fine-art uses. Daniel Smith offers a tube of single-pigment watercolor (for which, suspiciously, they …

Aug 26, 2010 · Hi! I’ve asked this question to other artists I know; and I get conflicting answers, so hopefully someone could clarify? I’d like to do a painting (on watercolour paper, or illustration …

Oct 24, 2007 · Watercolor is pigment suspended in a binder usually of gum arabic, glycerin and a humectant…this will adhere to acrylic…but will be brittle…and will flake off easily…so you …

Sep 16, 2017 · I’ve thought about making a ground for watercolor using paper ground to a powder then applying it to wood or canvas. Also companies like Golden that develop these mediums r …

Feb 13, 2009 · If you go to the Watercolor Handbook link in my signature line, you can browse through sections on Color where threads about specific colors are found and the one on Paints …

Dec 1, 2017 · Over the years I have read here how people store or keep or dry their watercolours. Some keep them in cool places and som in warm places. […]