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Here is a little tutorial/guide on how to do some cool effects in watercolour, mainly useful for backgrounds but can be used for other things.Anyway it was something to do and i've not done a tutorial before so excuse the poor layout and the spellings
lolEdit: Meant to say some of these effects will be effected by what paints you use and the paper. I used Winsor & Newton Cotman pan watercolour paints for this and 300 gsm hotpress paper. Different brands of paints will have a different amount of pigment which will most likely effect the Salt Trick, Water Drops and Plastic. Different paper will effect the drying time of the paint, especially if it isnt watercolour paper.
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Edit 19.01.08
I have a more updated version of this if anyone is interested [link]
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Comments: 49
These will be fun to experiment with! Thanks ^^
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Nice, resourceful, and done with simple objects that can be found at home. Thanks! I'll definitely try them out!
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Wah ,you made a cool tutorial ,it's very comprehensible,my English is not very well but I understand well 
thanks
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I'm glad you found it useful, have fun!
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A very usefull tutorial! I've used the salt texture and it turned out very interesing: [link] . Thank you!
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Wow thats awesome, im glad you found the tut useful
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This will be very helpful! thanks.. 
Now, can somebody make a tutorial for patience? 
--impatient artist
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When using masking fluid, dip the brush in pure dish washing detergent, then use as normal. True you'll get some bubbles on your page, but they should do no harm and still protect the brush <3
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thanks ...does the "plastic" one have a specific name?
(if i was to ask someone to make that for me what would i call it?)
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Hi, the plastic i use are sandwhich/freezer bags, a really flimsy plastic that you can scrunch up easily, I hope this answers your question
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This seems really really good!
I might just use this soon
fave.
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Thats quite alright, Thanks for the 
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Great tutorial, once again. I had no idea how these textures could be applied to the watercolors till now!
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thanks a lot for this tutorial - i feel it is going to make my life a bit easier
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Exactly what I was looking for. This will be a nice starting point for me. Thank you so much!
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I'm glad its helpful, thanks for the
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I'm actually about to use watercolour for the first time ever.. soon-ish.
Soon as I figure out what I'm doing.
So I'll be trying some of these techniques
Wish me luck
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Good luck and thank you for the
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thank you so much
I had forgotten about some of these >w<
and this is clear and to the point
thank you
it'll help me a lot
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I'm glad it helped
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Nice tutorial, especially dropping water in a drying wash...I have never tried that.
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that really helpful, I am am now curious to try other methods!
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Interesting! I had never tried the plastic idea so will have to give it a go..
Thanks for sharing!
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Saving this for future reference, I'll definitely be using it. ^_^
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this has been really useful ^^
i am just starting out on using watercolours and i really need things like this for reference, ty ^^
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i'm just starting to paint with watercolours and this help alot for nice effects. thanks
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thanks a lot! it is very helpfull.. i specially like the plastic made texture! it looks so good
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This is great. I will fave it for future references.
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You could use crayons for the second one which is also known as wax resist. draw stuff with the crayon, then paint over it. The paint will slide tight off.
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I've been wondering why I kept hearing about salt in reference to water color
As a complete beginner at watercolor, myself, I can't say I knew any even basic techniques so this was pretty useful. The descriptions are clear and easy to understand, so you can rest assured that you at least helped one person ^_^ Nice job!
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