• Day 005 of 147 of Learning Watercolor: Patterns

    I hoarded a lot of paints and decided to open and swatch the sennelier set today. Like Holbein, the Sennelier pans were easy to wet. Here are the swatches: In the set, would you have guessed the top row 4th-8th color without swatching? I certainly wouldn’t. After swatching, tried to paint a tablecloth. It’s supposed…

  • Day 001 of 147 of Learning Watercolor: Swatch Observations

    Recently I was extremely happy for my best friend when her boyfriend proposed to her after a long run of five years. That special moment was as pretty as a painting, then as I replay that scene in my head in the following few days, I had the brilliant idea to start learning watercolor. I…