Layered watercolor

Frustrating isn’t it? Like a lot of new watercolorists, I didn’t understand about layering paint. When I started painting I would use too much water and fuss over the wet paint with my brush. I remember enthusiastically painting layer upon layer of paint until the end result looked murky and overworked! Have you ever found

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Lacey Walker on Instagram: "Under the sea 🎵🎶🎵🎶 Layering on top of things you've already painted can be scary, but with a light touch and not messing with it too much it's possible! This is also a great example of sometimes painting things big and small. A lot times I like the smaller version better, but this time I think I like the bigger one! In this video I used my watercolor journal, Unicorn Food Watercolor, and a size 1&3 quill brush."

​Have you ever seen a beautiful piece of watercolor art and thought “I want to paint like that”? Many budding artists hold back because they just don’t know how to start painting in watercolors. I think that’s too bad. Because I believe the joy of creating with watercolors is within anybody’s reach. Some people simply

Lacey Walker on Instagram: "I would love to have the real life waterfall of vines in my house. The way watercolor layers is one of my favorite things about it, it just takes a bit of patience and planning. I used a size 3 quill brush with my Unicorn Food Watercolors to create this. What's your favorite houseplant? Mine is currently a giant pot of basil."

Glazing in watercolour is considered a challenging technique. Here are a few tips on how to layer in watercolours