Learning as We Play: Building Watercolor Layers

We’re getting out the watercolors again this week to do something I’d never tried. It’s a simple, relaxing process that can be enjoyed from beginner to expert. And for those of us with less watercolor experience, it’s a great way to familiarize ourselves with how we can layer with watercolors and the effect it creates.

Grab your watercolors, some water, a soft brush, and this is one project that a hairdryer or heat tool can be very useful, but totally optional.

Welcome to BETTER WITH ART! I’m Melinda and I’m here to encourage you to reclaim your creativity and practice creative self-care with weekly small-art prompts that can be done in the privacy of an art journal or on paper if you don’t have one.

If you’d like one that’s ideal for my simple form of art journaling that uses various mediums, the paper is important. It needs to be a heavy weight and preferably hot-press because although I love the texture of cold-press it’s really hard on markers and pens. Click here for the one I use in all my videos and the art journaling groups at the library where I work is 140lb/300gsm. Sold in a three-pack, it also remains the best regular-price value that I’ve found.

And here’s a link to my new favorite cheap watercolor set.

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It’s a brand-new small-art prompt this week, and a return to a weekly writing prompt.