Paint the Perfect Flat Wash in Watercolor with Easy Steps - for Beginners
Deb Watson Deb Watson
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 Published On Mar 18, 2023

Even beginners can paint a beautiful, streak free flat watercolor wash once your see the steps! Learn all the secrets to paint a perfect flat wash every time. (For great practice, paint a flat wash and then trace an outline on top to paint a silhouette.)

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Materials:

Hake flat wash brush or any flat, round or oval wash brush.
Any good watercolor paper. (If you follow these steps and your wash isn't perfectly smooth - it's not you - it's your paper. Get better paper.)
Paint used: Transparent Pyrrole Orange, Dioxazine Purple, Azo Yellow.

---------About Deb Watson -----------------------------------------

I'm a self-taught watercolor artist who is passionate about teaching!
(I'm also a retired nurse.) My art has won awards and been published in several how to paint books.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Materials for Watercolor Wash
0:32 Step 1 Mixing Enough Paint
1:05 Step 2 Tilt Your Paper
1:20 Apply Watercolor Wash From Top Down
2:16 Wipe off Standing Water
2:34 Painting a silhouette on a flat wash
8:11 Recap Steps For Smooth Flat Wash

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