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Watercolor is a media used by talented people of all cultures for centuries. After crayons, it is one of the first art supplies a child uses to color. Yet, it still holds an aura of mystery on its usage. People have so many questions on how they are supposed to use this media. This journal is the first in a series of entries that will give resources, advice, and reference to help people learn and discuss watercolor.

If you know some links that would be valuable, send me a note or post a reply to this journal, I would love to include it! :-)


---BOOKS---

A lot of my knowledge has come from books. I have posted links to them, if you are able to get a hold of these, I highly recommend them.

:bulletpurple: Watercolorists Essential Notebook by Gordon MacKenzie If you can only have one watercolor book, this is the book to get.

:bulletpurple: Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green by Michael Wlicox This book got me confident that I could make watercolors look the way I wanted to. Great book for practical color theory with any art material.

:bulletpurple: Step by Step Watercolor Painting by The Alexander Brothers This books shows with full color photos how to make 14 projects from start to finish. A great deal of techniques are introduced while making a piece, increasing your interest.


---WEBSITES---

:bulletpurple: Winsor & Newton Comprehensive website reference in materials and usage, in 7 languages! Highly recommended.

:bulletpurple: Sennelier French-made art materials, in 3 languages.

:bulletpurple:H. Schmincke German art company, very high quality, in 3 languages.

:bulletpurple: Holbein Paints Another highly respected watercolor manufacturer.

:bulletpurple: M. Graham and Co. Small, but high-quality manufacturer.

:bulletpurple: Da Vinci Paints American company of quality paints... that uses an Italian's name?

:bulletpurple: Christian Wharton - Water in Watercolor A brief, but highly informative and insightful site on watercolor usage. If I made a tutorial, it would be like this site. Highly recommended.

:bulletpurple: WetCanvas A large community of online artists like dA. There is a massive amount of great resources here, especially in the Watercolor Channel

:bulletpurple: Watercolor Tutorials Full of tips and tricks on watercolor technique, also visit the main page, more links to watercolor resources than you can shake a stick at Watercolorpainting.com

:bulletpurple: BigCityArt Tutorial Highly detailed tutorial describing how to choose materials and paint with them.
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:iconczeeq:
HEY this is an awesome list
i think i'm gonna go visit the local bookshop tonight XD
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*KelliRoos Aug 5, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
Oh great! Glad you like it. :-)

hope you enjoy the club too
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~leotheyardiechick Jan 31, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
Many thanks for providing this links to us!
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:iconbigfoot-benson:
That is a amazing resource & very useful for EVERYONE of us here on :iconda: thanx !!!:dance:
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:iconbripin:
This is a real useful compilation Kelli.
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:iconkelliroos:
*KelliRoos Aug 24, 2007  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you! :-) I really should put this in ~watercolorists journal. Maybe someday when I'm not too busy. :-)
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:iconbripin:
Yes you should. There doesn't seem to be a way to fav journal entries, so a watercolorist entry would help in going back to it for future reference - but I certainly know the problem of time.
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:iconklint:
Hi Kelli! Thanks for the comment on my page. I just saw it. Is it just me, or is deviantart taking a really long time to load these days?
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:iconkelliroos:
*KelliRoos Sep 11, 2006  Professional Traditional Artist
You are welcome. :-) Yes, dA seems to be having problems, I like version 5, but there are still plenty of problems. I have not been the victim of my yet :crosses fingers:
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~nanuki Jun 2, 2006  Professional General Artist
thnx 4 this nice journal :hug:
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