Watercolour Paintings

Watercolour paints are available in several formats, the most popular being tubes and pans (little boxes of solid pigment), sold in wooden boxes or metal tins. Watercolour inks and pencils are also  used - the pencils are very useful for using  when  painting outdoors, all you need extra is a screw topped jar of water, brushes and paper! Watercolour can be a difficult medium to master. Ideally, white and black should not be used. When white is required then the paper should be left unpainted. If, however a different coloured paper is used, a white body colour (gouache) would be neccesary to achieve the desired effect. A  good substitiute for black can be mixed using a dark blue, alizarin crimson and burnt umber.
There are several techniques which can be used in watercolour painting, including line and wash and wet in wet.