Watercolour just got easier 🎨

But don't make this mistake ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Hello {NAME}, It’s my brother Jack’s 40th birthday this weekend. Because he’s an acrylic artist, I’ve ordered him a big set of acrylic paints 🎁 He gets through them soooo quickly. Multiple tubes worth in one big painting. As I was adding his paints to my cart, (and OK yes, thinking how expensive they were!) it reminded me just how long ago it was that I needed to buy watercolour paints. I’ve still got tubes of watercolour paint I’ve had for YEARS, even the colours I use regularly. 🎨 Watercolour is an amazingly good value paint to work with. Especially when you paint in my realistic style; a tiny bit of pigment goes a long, long way. It’s one of the cheapest hobbies you can do. There’s a mistake lots of people make when they start out with watercolour though. They decide to save money by buying lower-quality student grade supplies. Only to quickly realise they can achieve better results by upgrading to better quality materials. It ends up costing more money, energy and time than they needed to spend. 🤦 We’ve recently been discussing equipment in my School, and a lot of members made that mistake too: My cheap paper, brushes and student grade paints sit in a drawer unused…. a waste of money and time….." - Nancy P If you’re investing in watercolour supplies, you’ll actually save money in the longer term by getting the best quality materials you can right from the start. Starting with watercolour is now more affordable with my ‘starter kit’ To help people avoid that pitfall, I want to make starting out with quality supplies as affordable as possible. So I’ve now pared down my full equipment list into a '[starter kit](. It has 10 paints, a sketchbook, and some paintbrushes, plus a pencil, eraser and tracing paper. This kit will allow you to paint the majority of my beginner level tutorials, and they’re a great all-round palette of paints to have for mixing endless other colours too. 🌈 "Quality of watercolor supplies are very important. I see it as an investment. Anna has chosen quality products and takes the guess work out of mixing colors. The paints last an amazingly long time." - Sue Ordering your starter kit online is now easier To make buying it as easy as possible, I’ve used Amazon US to enable you to add all the items to your basket via one page, which you can access via [the button here](. [Order your starter kit]( OR Building your own starter kit is now simpler If you want to give realistic watercolour a try before investing in supplies, I’ve made it easier for you to build your own starter kit from what you can get your hands on. You may well find you already have some of what you need, or that a friend has some they could lend you. "I started out with super-cheap paper and a watercolor set a neighbor lent me. Nothing high grade. My brushes were nothing special. But it was enough to get me started -and- enough to let me see that I had enough interest to justify an investment in the paper/paints/brushes you recommend. - Patrice (community member) [Build your own starter kit]( Expanding your kit is now quicker and easier too There can come a time when you may want to introduce some more colours to your palette, treat yourself to a tabletop easel to make painting more comfortable or even invest in a daylight lamp so you can paint on into the dark evenings. 🌙 I’ve made that even easier for you now too with a new section of the Supplies page with buying links: [Expand your kit]( I hope this helps if you’ve been wanting to get started with watercolour, or to upgrade your supplies to get better results. If you’ve been working with student grade materials, you’re going to notice a huge difference. "I played with student paints for a while… What a HUGE difference in my final results by using Quality Paper and Artist grade Pigments! - Nancy P Want more advice on what supplies to get hold of? And, in case you’re still deliberating over materials, I’ve written a new blog post about the supplies you need to start out. [Come and have a read]( of it. There’s more advice from members in there, as well some extra money saving tips for when you’re getting started. 🖌️ Happy painting! Anna Xoxo P.S. Christmas is coming! If you're hoping to receive a starter kit from someone very kind, why not forward this email to them as a not-very-subtle hint? 😉  This message was sent to you because you've subscribed to receive my emails. If you wish to unsubscribe, change your email address or any other details, please reply to this email to let us know.  [Unsubscribe](  Anna Mason Art Ltd, 106 London Road, East Grinstead, RH14 1EP, United Kingdom