The Importance of Initial Washes in Watercolor // Avoiding Overworking

🎨 If you’re working on keeping your watercolours fresh and avoiding overworking, paint along with me in my FREE full-length watercolour class and join my newsletter: https://www.louisedemasi.com/free-class In this video I paint a hummingbird while talking about the importance of the initial washes and how I try to avoid overworking my watercolour paintings. I’ll show you how I build the painting gradually, keep the washes fresh, and resist the temptation to keep adjusting areas once they’re working. --- LEARN WITH ME 🎓 Online Watercolour Classes: https://www.louisedemasi.com/online-c... 💜 Patreon:   / louisedemasi   My Patreon tutorials are full-length, normal-speed and fully voiced over. I take you through my entire painting process step by step without skipping over or speeding up the important parts. --- REFERENCE PHOTOS The reference photo for this hummingbird was purchased from Wildlife Reference Photos. Photo by Evelyn Harrison: https://wildlifereferencephotos.com/m... The other hummingbird paintings shown in the video were painted using reference photos from Pixabay. Hummingbird sitting: Akiroq Brost from Pixabay Hummingbird flying: Skeez from Pixabay --- SUPPLIES Saunders Waterford Watercolour Paper: https://amzn.to/2wHQyvv Silver Scrubber highlight brush: https://amzn.to/2WO93Jh Da Vinci Casaneo Mop brush: https://amzn.to/2Un1bwS Some links in this description are affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. --- MORE WATERCOLOUR VIDEOS Flat wash:    • How to Paint a Flat Wash // Basic Watercol...   Graded wash:    • How to paint a graded wash in watercolor /...   Wet-on-wet technique:    • Wet in Wet Watercolor Technique // Beginne...   3 ways to mix watercolour paint:    • How to mix watercolor paint 3 ways // Begi...   How I stretch my watercolour paper:    • How to Stretch Watercolor Paper   How wet should my watercolour paper be?    • How Wet Should my Watercolour Paper be? //...   Watercolour blooms:    • Watercolour Blooms // How to avoid them, H...   My favourite watercolour palette:    • Beginner Watercolor Tips // My Favourite W...   Negative painting technique:    • Watercolour Technique - Negative Painting ...   Watercolour edges:    • Understanding Watercolor Edges - Hard & So...   3 favourite watercolour techniques:    • 3 of my Favourite Watercolour Techniques /...   How to use salt with watercolour:    • How to use Salt with Watercolour // Waterc...   --- SKILLSHARE Koala class: https://skl.sh/2U8rAyz Watercolour Galah: https://skl.sh/2YOSuiQ Watercolour Chrysanthemum: https://skl.sh/2IuaxlZ Watercolour Rose: https://skl.sh/2mdtvjo Watercolour Fox: https://skl.sh/2qp1n0G Watercolour Succulent: https://skl.sh/2sYtR10 Watercolour Robin: https://skl.sh/2ugkDxc --- FIND ME HERE 🌎 Website: https://www.louisedemasi.com Instagram:   / louisedemasi   Facebook:   / louise.demasi   Patreon:   / louisedemasi