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12 Easy Watercolor Flower Ideas Sorted by Brush Stroke
Easy watercolor flower ideas, 12 flowers from four tubes, grouped by the one brush move each needs. Pigment codes, paper, time and three steps for each.
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10 Watercolor Birthday Card Ideas From 3 Tubes of Paint
Watercolor birthday card ideas, 10 cards from a rose, a yellow and a blue. Pigment codes, paper, time and three steps for each, sorted by who gets it.
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Granulating Watercolors Explained: 7 Pigments That Settle
Granulating watercolors are paints whose heavy mineral pigment settles into the paper's texture as it dries. Seven that do it, and how to control it.
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Watercolor Block vs Pad vs Sheets: Cost per Square Inch
Watercolor block vs pad comes down to flatness against price. Arches blocks, pads and full sheets compared per sheet and per square inch, with Blick prices.
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Best Watercolor Paints for Beginners: 5 Sets Compared
Best watercolor paints for beginners are six artist-grade tubes, not a 24-pan box. Five sets ranked by what is inside, with pigment codes and Blick prices.
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11 Christmas Watercolor Ideas to Paint With 5 Tubes
Christmas watercolor ideas for beginners, 11 festive scenes and objects from five tubes. Each lists its pigment codes, paper, time estimate and three steps.
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12 Easy Watercolor Ideas for Beginners From 3 Tubes
Easy watercolor ideas for beginners, 12 small paintings from one blue, one yellow and one rose. Each lists its pigment codes, paper, time and three steps.
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10 Easy Winter Watercolor Ideas From a 4-Tube Palette
Easy winter watercolor ideas, 10 scenes painted from 4 tubes with no green or white paint. Each lists its colors, pigment codes, paper, time and steps.
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12 Easy Watercolor Christmas Card Ideas for Beginners
Watercolor christmas card ideas for beginners, 12 cards painted from one 5-tube palette. Each idea lists its paints, pigment codes, paper and steps.
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Synthetic vs Kolinsky Sable Brushes: What You Pay For
Synthetic vs kolinsky sable brushes differ in hair, supply and care. What Kolinsky hair is, how synthetics copy it, and when a sable round is worth buying.
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Best Travel Watercolor Sets: 5 Pocket Boxes Compared
Best travel watercolor sets hold 12 half pans, but the colors inside differ a lot. Five pocket boxes compared by palette, extras, grade and size.
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Watercolor Paper Weight GSM: 190 vs 300 vs 640 Explained
Watercolor paper weight gsm is the number to trust, because lb labels depend on sheet size. How 190, 300 and 640 gsm behave wet, and when to stretch.