Watercolour Painting (Adults & Kids)
from $19/h
from $19/h
Suitable for young and old, we have beautiful rainbow water colours and glitter water colours for canvas, fans, and other interesting crafts.
If you already know how to paint and you just need a peaceful setting to chill and get your creative juices going, come down to Craft Art Space. We will provide you with the full set of brushes, a wide variety of choices of glitter watercolour Paint colours, and different sizes and shapes of watercolour canvas to choose from.
If you are still quite new in painting, fear not, we have many different choices of canvas and painting papers that has beautiful landscape designs, flowers, buildings, fruits, and even famous cartoons for you to choose from. All art and painting materials are provided.
if you totally have not painted in your life before, you may choose to paint by numbers. You just need to paint the canvas by following different colour code numbers. It is easy and fun and suitable for beginners. All art and painting materials are provided.
Soft Guidance
1h Watercolour Fan Painting - $19 (beginners kids and adults)
1h Watercolour Paint Jamming with Sketching ideas - $19 (beginners kids and adults)
1h Watercolour Paint Jamming Freehand White Canvas A4 - $19 (beginners kids and adults)
1h Watercolour Paint Jamming Freehand White Canvas A3 - $29 (intermediate kids and adults)
Additional Hour : $10.
Suitable for young and old, we have beautiful rainbow water colours and glitter water colours for canvas, fans, and other interesting crafts.
What is watercolour painting?
Watercolor painting is a painting technique that uses water-based paints to create transparent, luminous images on paper.
What is watercolor painting used for?
Watercolor paint is a versatile art medium. You can use watercolor paints to apply to everything from fabrics and wood to stone, canvas, and paper. However, most professional artists usually use watercolor paper to create paintings.
What is watercolor painting used for?
Watercolor paint is a versatile art medium. You can use watercolor paints to apply to everything from fabrics and wood to stone, canvas, and paper. However, most professional artists usually use watercolor paper to create paintings.
How it works?
Pigments are ground into a powder and mixed with a binder, such as gum arabic
The mixture is diluted with water to create a wash
The wash is applied to paper with a brush
When the water dries, the binder sticks the pigment to the paper
Characteristics
Watercolors are semi-transparent, so the white of the paper shows through
The brightness of the paper contributes to the jewel-like quality of the colors
The paint can be applied in different ways to create different effects
History
Watercolor has been around since the Renaissance period
It's one of the oldest forms of painting
Cave paintings from the Stone Age Paleolithic period used ochre and charcoal mixed with water
Materials
Watercolors are available in cakes or tubes
The palette includes a wide range of pigments, including natural and artificial colors
Techniques Wet-on-wet, Wet-on-dry, and Combining wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques.
What is special about watercolour?
Watercolour is Portable and Easy to Clean
Not only is watercolour painting inherently transportable, but it allows for an easy clean up once you're done with your artwork. All you have to do is wash off any excess paint from your brushes. They don't need to be cleaned thoroughly after each painting session.
What are 3 common mistakes that people make when using watercolor?
10 Common Watercolour Mistakes and How to Fix Them
Overworking the Painting. ...
Using Too Much Water. ...
Not Letting the Layers Dry. ...
Using the right technique to mix your colours directly on the paper or in your mixing palette, can also help in avoiding muddy colours.
What is the most important thing in watercolor painting?
Color Harmony. Of all the watercolor tips for beginners, maintaining color harmony is one of the most important.
Is watercolor good for beginners?
Watercolour is a great art medium for beginners because it's so easy to use! You don't need any special equipment or a studio, and it doesn't make too much mess either. There are lots of different ways to use watercolour, depending on your materials and the techniques and effects you want to create.
What is the golden rule of watercolor?
You can't escape them… they are: Wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry. Together, these techniques form a golden rule that is unique to watercolors, and highlights the broad range of possibilities in watercolor painting. Wet-on-wet involves applying paint to a wet surface.
Why watercolor is so beautiful?
Watercolor is not a medium to be totally controlled and manipulated, and of course that is the very beauty of its quality. Certain colors do things with other colors when placed down and many things happen on dry and wet surfaces that you just can't explain.
What not to do with watercolor?
Too much water leads to the pigment becoming too diluted. As a result, the sketch looks dull and pale, and the paper becomes too wet and takes a long time to dry. Too little water causes the opposite problem: even though the colors are bright, the colors are applied unevenly, and the sketch does not look good.
Easy Watercolor Painting Ideas for Beginners
Wet-on-Wet Freeform. This is one of the best watercolor painting ideas for learning how to control pigment in water. ...
Geometric Shapes. These are great watercolor painting ideas for testing brush pressure. ...
Simple Still Life. ...
Natural Patterns. ...
Poppies. ...
Hyacinths. ...
Lilies. ...
Cloudscape.
What is negative painting in watercolor?
Negative painting in watercolour is where you paint around the subject to highlight it by darkening the background. It creates a sense of depth and space, visually 'pushing' the lighter areas 'forward' in the scene.
When painting with watercolor, what should you always do before you start painting?
First, start with a palette of watercolors. Next, use a small spray bottle, a blunt art syringe, or a spoon to hydrate the colors you wish to use. Then, dip your brush in water to moisten it, dab the brush onto a pigment, and put the pigment-rich brush on paper. That's it!
Do watercolor paintings last?
When properly cared for, my watercolours will likely last for many centuries without fading, probably more than most oil paintings on canvas. I hope this will make think about the common misunderstanding about watercolour, unfortunately, the knowledge about this ancient technique is what is really fading.
Is watercolor an expensive hobby?
What you need to know is that realistic watercolor painting is one of the best value, cheapest art hobbies you can find. The per-painting cost is really low. The cost per hour spent painting is INCREDIBLY low.
Which brand is famous for watercolor?
A: There are many great professional brands of watercolor. Some of the more well known most widely used brands include Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Lukas, Sennelier, Holbein, Schmincke and Rembrandt.
What watercolor paper is best for beginners?
cold press
What watercolour paper type you choose is down to personal preference – you can always test all three to see which suits you best. But for the best watercolour paper for beginners, go for cold press to start with – it's a happy medium.
What is the weakness of watercolor?
Their fluid nature often results in the colors bleeding into each other, creating unexpected effects. While this can sometimes lead to beautiful, spontaneous results, it can also be a source of frustration, especially if you're aiming for precision.
How do you make watercolor look good?
Start with creamy mixes of paint (neither watery not thick). This ensures that colors flow easily on my initial layer and that they look light since they have a lot of water in them, and it's also great to make sure they stay vibrant enough that we don't need to add many layers on top.
How long does a watercolor painting take?
Painting time depends on the artist's ability, style, and level of detail. Detailed botanical paintings can take hundreds of hours to complete spanning months. Simple wet-in-wet stylized paintings can be completed in a matter of minutes.
Why does my watercolor look so bad?
Watercolours look bad when they are too opaque. So, strive to achieve the opposite, which are light and transparent layers. Watercolours look dull when they lack vibrancy. So, make sure you're regularly rinsing off your brush and mixing colours whose pigments compliment each other.
Do you sketch before watercolor?
Sketching is an important step that allows you to plan, compose, and refine your ideas before applying vibrant washes of watercolor. With a sketch as your guide, your watercolor paintings will flourish with intention and artistic vision.
How do you fix a bad watercolor painting?
Bleeding: absorb surplus water with a sponge, then stump with a paper handkerchief or a rag.
Contours: to soften a contour that is too strong, wet a cotton swab and stump the line.
Small mistakes: cover them with opaque paint (gouache or white acrylic), allow to dry, then paint over them.