← All guides Painting Beginner's guides for painting hobbies — gear that matters, gear that doesn't, and a real plan for your first month. Watercolor Painting Watercolor is famously 'difficult' in ways that dissolve once you understand what the medium is actually doing. Water does most of the work — your job is to learn to guide it rather than fight it. The barrier to a beautiful first painting is lower than you think; the barrier to reliable control is higher. Here's how to set yourself up correctly from the start. Read the Watercolor Painting guide →
