The Problem With Watercolour Painting

I do watercolour painting, (as in the moorland above), I love the feel of it, but find it much harder to get a good effect than with other types of paint. The thing I don't like, is that if you make a mistake, that's it , there is no going back. Also, you have to plan your picture in advance to leave all the areas of light that you want on the paper. I like acrylic paint because if you make a mistake, you wait for a minute and you can paint over it.

Watercolour has it's attractions though. It is rather fun not quite knowing what the paint is going to do when it spreads into wet paper, and also it's very useful for putting colour into line and wash.

I was looking at a book this week called, "Loosen Up Your Watercolours (Collins Artist's Studio)by Judi Whitton. It was very helpful as it was deigned to help you stop yourself "filling in " everything, which is my problem.

If you want a look at some of her pictures, you can have a look at her "Online Gallery" here.