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How to actually get the paint from the tube or cake to the support. Beginners sometimes get in
trouble because they squeeze paint onto a palette and then apply it directly to the paper or support. If you do that what you will get is a thick opaque layer of paint rather than the thin washes you were trying to accomplish, and in that process you will also loose the brilliance. Using the paint correctly will give you a more economical result.
The secret to water color has always been the washes, paint and water. Tube paint placed into your saucer and then with the brush, you add the brush to the water and work up the paint with the brush. Add more water until the color is just right, test your color on a spare sheet of paper, and uses the brush for adding more water when necessary. If you are working with a cake you will add water and then transfer to the palette and add more water until the process is the color you want. There will be some times when you will want to work directly form the cake or tube, when you are working wet onto wet is one example, and when you want the opaque strong in color and very intense.
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