How to Paint a Watercolor Dragonfly - Easy Beginners Real Time Step by Step Painting Art Tutorial

The ink used in this painting is China Ink by Jax, colour Siena. It's a brown waterproof ink suitable for pen and brush work. Great Art sell it.
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Playlist of more tutorials including Dragonflies:
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This video is a demonstration of line and wash using transparent waterproof ink.
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If you are looking for suggestions as to what to purchase as a beginner, here are my recommendations. If you use these links I will receive a small commission from Amazon which will help to support my channel.

PAINT
Here is a link to a Winsor and Newton starters' paint box which would be ideal for a beginner.
12 colours: https://amzn.to/3a1IVko​

This is a link to a Winsor and Newton Artists' quality box, which is ideal for a serious student.
24 colours: https://amzn.to/3tHJTKI​
12 colours: https://amzn.to/3rC0IVj​

TUBE PAINTS
I always have a tube of White Designers Gouache on hand for lights and corrections
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These colours are very useful and don't usually appear in the sets the manufacturers make:
Naples Yellow
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Quinacridone Gold
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Permanent Rose
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Indigo
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Sepia
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PAPER
Winsor and Newton Watercolour paper pad 140lb 9 x 12 inches ideal for all watercolour techniques.
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Canson MONTVAL watercolour paper block 140lb 9 x 12 inches ideal for all watercolour techniques. Exceptional resiliance and easy to work with.
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BRUSHES
Princeton do a good range of synthetic squirrel brushes. This is a size 10 round.
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And Winsor and Newton Cotman brushes are also good. This is a size 10 round.
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I often use a rigger brush (called script liner in the US) and this is a link to the Cotman range of riggers, this is size 1.
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A size 3 would also be useful.
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Staedtler Noris Karat Aquarell black watercolour pencils
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