Watercolour:what is it?

Watercolour is a prominent difficult painting technique,its execution to require an accurate drawing,a sure skilful knowledge of colours and their combinations,the ability to take the right decision even before starting,knowing it will be irreversible because IT WILL CANNOT BE CORRECTED.In fact,watercolor CANNOT BE CORRECTED,at most we can make  darker,with a following  veiling, a color may seem too light but we cannot change the colour,lighten it,modify the object,correct  lines,backgrounds,images not exactly what it wanted,etc.The result  remain what it is;you cannot change it.

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It is just this very impossibility of any change,contrary to oils,acrylics and temperas,that makes it a painting technical less popular than the others and therefore surely more valuable than the others.In any case,it is sufficent a quick passage in the web to verify the considerable quantity of paintings to acrylic and oil on sale in comparison with watercolor paintings to make you understand how meaningful these words are.
Moreover how many of your acquaintances or friends boast about owning a watercolour?It would definitely easier to find almost anywhere an oil,acrylic or a most a tempera painting which can be purchased with extreme ease to the incredible amount available on sale.
Watercolorists,regardless on the countless number,are nothing compared to the army of oil painters.If  you want,you could also include the beginners,that without a question of doubt,will be keen on this technique....even myself,only after I really learned how  to paint did I try watercolours!
Watercolours are available in dry and moist pans,reamy tubes and liquids in glass jars.
Professional artists use moist  pans or creamy tubes.These are colours use important pigments that can be diluted easily in water,producing pleasant and significant colors.
The end result is exactly the same when using either the pans or tubes.Choosing one or the either depends and the personal preference of the artist.

Colours for watercolor in moist pans Lukas

Now,let's talk the "support" used.Often,someone inexperienced and with little knowledge of watercolors might say -"painting on paper?!"-It is a grave error made by  those who see it as a frightful competitor and may take advantage of theie profession and trust they instil to degrade it.
Have you ever tried to paint with colours diluted with water on simple,everyday paper?It is impossible.The paper wrinkles,gets soggy and ruined....It is for this very reason that to simply use the word "paper" in the world of watercolours is extremely incorrect.You must talk about  cotton-paper,or better yet,fine paper made with 100% cotton carefully made and expensive.Among the most important brands of paper are Arches,Winsor &Newton,Fabriano,Grumbacher,Rws,Guarro....
Do not trust anyone who tries to talk to you about watercolours and simple,common design paper!

Writing on Fabriano valuable cotton paper-pad

Moist and dry watercolours

For those with little experience regarding watercolours,and before to little diversity can be in difficult  to understand the painting, a brief distinction between moist and dry watercolours.
This last one refers to classic watercolur painting;transparent colours.use of the paper's white,contours well definded and softened where necessery.
Instead,moist watercolor consist of painting on cotton-paper previously dampened.Consequently,the contours of the objects appear softened and with little definition.