Beginners #2: Daily quick warm ups - This will set you up for watercolor success!

In this video, I thought offering this quick little warm-up exercise you can practice before you paint might be helpful! I am a visual learner, so something like this for me to follow along with before I paint every day would have been helpful for me decades ago when I was learning brushstrokes and water control. I hope it is a useful warm-up exercise for you before you create your masterpieces.

Practicing these common brushstrokes daily for 15 minutes will develop your muscle memory, your confidence, and familiarity with how watercolors flow and behave. The more practice and understanding you gain, you will feel better and better sitting down to paint, and your results will begin reflecting even this 15-minute practice daily!

I thought it might be fun to offer a worksheet and practice painting available for you in my Etsy shop!
You watched me paint it, and I priced it very attractively for you!
What fun, right? Your purchase will help me and YOU! What's included?
* painting from tutorial signed dated and tutorial episode name
* my pre-recording swatch I created with colors for reference (all handwritten)
* more pre-work, showing brushstrokes, descriptions
Every painting is on different papers, depending on what I was teaching, different sizes, and meant for supporting you, although can be framed as well as a fun piece!
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For additional helpful instruction and tips related to this tutorial, checkout my next video in the series:    • Beginners, # 3:  This Is How I Play T...  
And this playlist: Beginner’s Playlist - https://ytube.io/3nWd

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Happy Painting, and most of all, Enjoy!
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