Watercolour Paints and Pans
Watercolour for older children: pans and half pans, tubes, watercolour pencils, brushes and watercolour paper.
Transparent colour takes practice
Watercolour works by layering thin washes, which is a genuinely different skill from covering paper with poster paint. Learning how much water to use is most of it, and it takes a few afternoons. The reward is a softness of colour that no other paint gives.
Paper matters as much as paint
Ordinary drawing paper buckles as soon as it is wet, so heavier watercolour paper makes an immediate difference. A round brush that holds a point will do almost everything a beginner needs. Watercolour pencils are a gentle way in, since a child draws first and adds water afterwards.
Ordering from Planet Happy
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