Work slowly and follow instructions carefully

• WET on WET: 

1. Wet the paper first

2.  Work water into the watercolor cake with your brush so it is watery and light

3. Brush the watery paint onto the wet paper

Work slowly and follow instructions carefully

• WET on DRY: 

1. Work water into the watercolor cake with your brush so it is watery and light

2. Brush the watery paint onto the dry paper

Work slowly and follow instructions carefully

• DRY on WET: 

1. Wet the paper first

2. Work water into the watercolor cake with your brush so it is opaque and thick

3. Dray your brush with a paper towel

4. Paint!  You should have some opaque color and bleeding

Work slowly and follow instructions carefully

• FLAT WASH: 

1. Work water into the watercolor cake with your brush so it is opaque and thick.

2. Use your brush to transfer the paint to your palette.

3. Repeat steps 1 & 2 until you have a good amount of thick watercolor paint.

4. Hold your paper so it is titled up a little

5. Paint horizontal strips starting at the top

6. Try to make it as even (or more even) as the sample left

Work slowly and follow instructions carefully

• GRADUATED WASH: 

1. Work water into the watercolor cake with your brush so it is opaque and thick.

2. Use your brush to transfer the paint to your palette. 

3. Dry your brush on a paper towel

4. Hold your paper so it is titled up a little

5. Dip your brush in the paint and paint horizontal strips starting at the top and make the top 3rd as dark as possible. (This is the only time you will dip your brush in the paint - next you will just dip in water)

6. Dip the very tip of your brush to add a little water

7. Leave a small space under the already painted area and paint the middle third with the more watery paint.

8.  Brush over the space between the 2 thirds to blend them

9. Repeat steps 6 - 8

10. Dry your brush and soak up pools of paint as needed.