Watercolor Postcard Paint Along: Rocky Beach with Stormy Sky

Choosing a manageable subject and simplifying a scene. Plus, suggesting a stormy sky and rocky texture. For suggestions about protecting your postcards in the mail, please see the intro portion of the Backlit Clouds Variations postcard paintalong: Supplies used in Postcard PaintAlong videos: watercolor paper: I cut scraps to postcard size (4x6 ). I m using 140lb coldpressed, 100 cotton watercolor papers, many different brands. This is how I use up paper samples and odds and ends. If you are new to watercolor, here are some popular 100 cotton papers to try: Arches, Saunders Waterford, Kilimanjaro (Cheap Joe s house brand), Dick Blick Premier (Dick Blick s 100 cotton house brand). A 22x30 sheet will yield 25 4x6 postcards. other supplies: I describe the items in my travel sketching kit in this video, for those who want more info about what I m using: The video description fo