Watercolor paint is a very unique paint. It is not the same as acrylic or oil paint and it is not used the same way. It has it’s own necessary techniques and final look.

When you buy watercolor paint you will notice that it comes in two different forms. The first is the cakes. The most common way to find watercolor paint is when they press the pigment and paint into hard cakes.

You can get the cakes lined up side by side. In order to apply the color to your watercolor paint, you just need to get your brush wet and put several drops of water into the cake. Swish it around and you can put the color wherever you want.

In order to start, you need to begin with watercolor paint washing. Mix a little bit of paint with a lot of water and apply it to the paper in large areas. For example, if there is a large part with trees, get a little bit if green paint on your brush, add it to a large puddle of water, and spread it across that area with your brush.

You can also buy watercolor in tubes. Tubes of watercolor paint is used just as cakes, except that you don’t need to add water in order to activate the paint, just to thin it out. You need to add water to get it to the right consistency o f watercolor paint.

Remember, watercolor paint, tube or not, should not look like oil paint or acrylic paint when you apply it to the paper. It should look like water with the color in it, hence the name watercolor.

When you are finished with the wash layer, you can begin to use less and less water to get a darker color. Start with the color and work your way up. As you add more paint, you can become more intricate. Be careful when you add the paint, because if you put down a new color and it touches another color that is still wet, it will mix. You cant paint over or fix watercolor, so you have to get it right the first time.

Follow these steps and after a while, you will get better and better. Soon you will get the hang of it and become a great watercolor painter!