Watercolor Tips That I Wish I Knew Earlier (Tip #2)

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[@geckonia]

I add a few drops of rosewater to my spray bottles OMG love the smell 🥰

[@ChantelleArts]

I have a little spray bottle too, it’s so handy 😊

[@mjpete27]

Lovely fox! Nice tip too! I have found over the years that different brands also need different times to “get wet” and the higher mineral content the longer you need to pre-wet you. Dry paint. I love watercolor paint that uses honey, it just stays wet longer and will re-wet easier. I am glad that you are working on a new working balance for you and your channel! Stay healthy and be safe. Thank you for sharing your time with us, have a wonderful day!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

Thanks for sharing as always! :)

[@FaerieDust]

Honestly, I almost never need to pre wet my dried paints. It's useful for a few particularly difficult pigments, but it makes no difference for the majority of my paints. It'll depend a bit on your local climate, too. A drier climate will dry out your paint more, so it'll take more water to reconstitute.

[@AnaCrisisBlu]

I think is about the brand, I find W&N need a pre wet phase to work. That's why I don't use that brand very much, most of my paints are from other brands and I don't have to rewet them. Also the climate, yeah, I agree with that.

[@FaerieDust]

@@AnaCrisisBlu Yeah, different brands have different formulas, some are definitely "drier" than others. M Graham is on the other extreme, notorious for never really solidifying unless you're somewhere exceptionally dry. Formulas with honey are generally easier to rewet since honey works as a humectant and draws a certain amount of moisture from the air. Where I live, Sennelier stays tacky but not runny all year round, while most others dry completely to the touch. But it's also different for different pigments - viridian and terre vert are pretty notorious for being difficult to rewet across brands, and potter's pink too (yinmn blue, a very new pigment, can have that problem too - especially some of the earliest watercolor formulations sometimes dried down to completely un-rewetable rocks). TLDR: It's complicated 😅

[@kellybeale1895]

You share so many great tips a lot of others don’t talk about. Thank you for sharing!! And beautiful fox

[@WaterColorMisfit]

You’re welcome ☺️

[@barblallier9413]

Thanks so much, I did not realize about wetting the paints like that. Welcome back, good to see you, take care of yourself! ❤😊

[@WaterColorMisfit]

Thank you! 😊

[@ComfyChroma]

Great tips, and awesome fox. Your art style is so clean. Keep up the great work. 👍

[@reneekroyer5104]

Or, use ink-tense blocks for brilliant color. Love those. Thanks for these tips.

[@zoekane4012]

I prefer shorter videos And I love the fox you showed at the end. Hope you're feeling better.

[@majesea]

Love this short series ❤

[@millieb3823]

Great tip! I have been using wc for nearly 6 years now and was so thank full that my research into it prior helped me as I would have been so discouraged about it! :)

[@PaulaBean]

I prewet my colors by letting a drop of water fall into the pans I plan to use. And indeed, some brand/pigment combinations wet much better than others. I find my Cerulean Blue and Viridian Green wet really bad.

[@majesea]

🎨

[@LuchaCatDIY]

These are great tips

[@sadiaawanartist]

Amazing Video ❤

[@ErinEnoArt]

My spray bottle is from an eye cleaner too😁

[@tasticola]

Thanks Carrie. x Nell

[@cdorothy444]

What glove are you using? I am looking to protect my hand from feeling tired

[@WaterColorMisfit]

It’s an art glove just to separate my hand oils from the paint :)

[@gnorman8852]

❤

[@millieb3823]

Great tip! I have been using wc for nearly 6 years now and was so thank full that my research into it prior helped me as I would have been so discouraged about it! :)