What are the watercolor tools？

What are the watercolor tools？

There are many tools for watercolor painting. Commonly used are watercolor pigments, watercolor brushes, color trays, buckets, white glue, fixed painting fluid, watercolor paper, etc. If you are going out to sketch, you also need to prepare a drawing board and easel.

1. Watercolor pigments

There are many brands of watercolor pigments on the market. Before buying, we must have a general understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of various brand pigments. Because the price of watercolor pigments is not low, it is unnecessary to buy too many color pigments when buying for the first time.

2. Watercolor pen

The tip of a watercolor pen can be made of many materials. Mink hair is the most absorbent, flexible and flexible tip. When we are preparing watercolor pens, we generally want to prepare 2 or more than 2, generally preparing a flat head of a pointed head, flat head for a large area of the background and brush water, pointy painting details and a small range of pictures.

3. Color palette

Watercolor painting does not have too many requirements for the palette, aluminum, porcelain, plastic, iron can be.

4. Bucket

If you are painting at home, anything that can hold water can be used as a bucket. If you are going out to sketch, there are special painting buckets on the market, which can be folded, very light and easy to carry.

5. White glue

White glue is one of the tools that a lot of watercolor painting needs to use. After a good picture, usually the first thing you need to do is to paint the place without color or white space, so that the place that needs to be left blank is not stained with pigment when you color it behind.

6. Fixed painting solution

Fixed painting solution is used after the completion of a piece of work, can play a role in extending the preservation time of the painting. There is no way to modify the picture after spraying the fixing solution.