“Learn How To Paint Watercolors Fast… Use Only 1 Color”

Learning to paint fast is difficult. Some say it feels impossible…

But it doesn’t have to be so hard...

Like all skills, whether in Arts, Crafts or any profession the trick is to remove complication. Watch any expert work and you will be amazed how quickly they make the impossible seem easy…

Think of a Blacksmith making horseshoes on his anvil…

• He knows how to make the fire hot enough to make the metal soft without melting
• He knows that every strike of his hammer will shape and mould the steel
• He knows just how to trim the hoof to make the shoe fit
• He never doubts his ability to give the horse he makes the shoes for exactly what is needed for comfort and wear

It is an honor to see a craftsman at work. It is a privilege to witness the accumulation of many years hands-on knowledge. Learning to be an artist takes time. Learning to paint professionally can take many years...

The fastest way to learn to paint watercolors is to take it in small stages… starting simple and building painting skills with small steps.

The first step is to paint watercolor using 1 color… it can’t get any simpler…

• You learn how to thin watercolor paint with your brush
• You learn how much water you need to get a certain tone of color
• You learn how to use water to carry color pigment across your watercolor paper
• You learn what can go wrong when you touch your wet paper with a brush full of color
• You learn to expect surprises
• You learn to want to encourage surprises by experimenting with new techniques

And, most importantly, you get the opportunity to learn to draw with your watercolor brush…

You learn how to make your brush become your best friend.

When you use only 1 color to learn how to paint watercolors it is easy to concentrate…

• You can quickly learn how to get color tone right
• You soon learn that color will flood and spread across wet paper
• You know that if an earlier wash is fully dry it will be spoiled if you let your next brush mark touch
• You find yourself doing amazing things with watercolors fast because you don’t have to worry about which colors you need to mix that favorite green, or the orange you saw in last night’s sunset.

Learning how to paint watercolors using only 1 color helps you learn fast because you don’t even need to worry about making mistakes…

• It is quick and easy to do it again because you have kept it simple
• You have perfected the basics of learning watercolor painting

Perfect the basics of watercolor painting and nothing can stop you from mastering the next stage... Learning How To Mix Colors.

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Paint Watercolors With Only 3 Colors

When watercolor painting beginners think about getting started little thought is given to color mixing.

1. Why is this so?
2. Is it because watercolor paint manufacturers can supply almost any color imaginable?
3. Does this mean that you need to buy all the colors that are available?

Question 1 is easy to answer… People are used to living with color. Your home, your car and your clothing can be chosen in almost any color you want. Even your food contains extra coloring to make it more attractive.

“Color is all around you… so much so that you don’t give it a second thought…”

A watercolor painting beginner doesn’t realize that color mixing is fine art in itself.


Question 2... Modern technology allows an incredible range of color of every strength and quality. This wasn’t always so… at one time colors like Ultramarine Blue were rare and expensive, being made from ground Lapis Lazuli, a rare and precious stone. There is a reason that Purple has been associated with Royalty… it used to cost a King’s ransom.


Question 3... Just because you have the world of color at your fingertips does not mean that you must use every different color there is to buy. If you use basic color theory the only colors you need to mix any color that exists are…

• Red
• Blue
• Yellow

It cannot be simpler.. We learn this at school.

The difficulty is that basic color theory is just what it states… it is theory...

It relies upon true perfection… A True Mid Blue, A True Mid Red and a True Yellow.

Unfortunately there is nothing that is perfect. When a professional artist uses a selection of colors to create a version of reality… it is personal choice and experience that determines what colors to use.

Expert color mixing expertise is a luxury that a watercolor beginner doesn’t have...

This is why you rely upon color guidance from experts. The problem is that many experts can only tell you what colors they use in general terms…

• They will give you a range of colors that they have used
• They tell you what colors they like to have available to use
• They show you what is possible if you were to use the colors suggested

It doesn’t mean that a professional artist uses all of the colors at the same time. The best paintings are often the ones using the fewest colors… they work because they emphasize subtle mood and tone.

Watercolor painting allows you to use the least number of colors to achieve the widest range of color mixes...

Because the watercolor paper provides the color White you only need 3 colors… a red, a blue and a yellow to mix almost any color you like.

And this leads to the next question… “Which Red, Blue and Yellow?”

Essentially, try to experiment with any red, blue and yellow and try to get the best results you can. Only change one color at a time if you find that you don’t get the secondary colors you want.

See you soon

Michael