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Best Black Ink for Watercolor Painting
I once took an hour to sketch a landscape in black ink, and when I added watercolors, to my surprise and horror, the dried black ink reactivated and ruined the entire painting. You don’t have to make this mistake because I’m going to show you which black ink to use for watercolor painting. The best…
Best Tape for Watercolor Paper
There are hundreds of types of tapes, but which is the best tape for watercolor paper? You need to make sure you pick correctly or like I did when started out, you could ruin your painting with the tape ripping into it. In general the best tape or watercolor paper that I use is regular…
What GSM Paper Is Best for Watercolor
What is gsm and which paper gsm should you look for when you’re choosing paper? When I was a beginner I didn’t understand this and would pick the wrong paper which wouldn’t be suitable for watercolor painting. I ended up needlessly wasting good paper. GSM is the acronym for ‘grams per square meter’, and in…