Artist's Back to Basics

HINTS AND TIPS

The Three T’s -Time Tools and developing Talent

• It’s wonderful having a collection of inspiring books and DVDs by successful watercolour artists but sometimes they make you wonder if you will ever be good enough. I suggest you put away those books and just do it. Paint, paint, paint. Time spent with the brush in your hand is what develops skills, knowledge, confidence and, above all, a style of your own.

• Without practice little progress can be achieved. You may come up with the occasional gem but it will be difficult to maintain a standard.

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