Many Greetings!

Welcome to my polychromastic blog! I may have made up a word there, but . . . eh, Shakespeare made up many words, so do as you do. As a twenty-something adult who no longer has school responsibilities, I randomly decided one day that I wanted to learn to use watercolor. Now, it has been quite a few years since I have been in a visual arts class of any kind (well, with the exception of 1 "paint and sip" class) as my focus in college and beyond has been almost exclusively performing arts, and by that I mean theatre. Granted, I did do some set-painting/designing, but painting a table is a bit different than painting a picture. I thought I might record my journey. Now I will not call myself an absolute bare-bones beginner, I do have some knowledge of color mixing and color-wheel relationships and stuff, but my drawing and shading skills are, shall we say, rather elementary. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I will have to master this if I want to reach the kind of results I want. Unfortunately, the art classes around me for adults happen to occur at really inconvenient times for me so I cannot exactly attend one. To the internet it is! It's so nice to have access to *free information at your fingertips.
                *by "free", you do have to have an internet connection, lol

Some of My Art Supplies!

I plan to do product reviews in the future on the supplies I have acquired over the past year or so since I decided I wanted try to learn watercolor and possibly show some of my "attempts" at using this medium. But I also want to look at things other than watercolor, too: I have dip pens, cross stitch, and who knows what else will capture my attention. Look forward to discussion of papers, paints, tools, non-traditional sources for supplies, and more. In the mean time: here are some youtube channels I have discovered that I enjoy and have helped me on my journey so far:

- The Frugal Crafter: https://www.youtube.com/user/thefrugalcrafter/featured
      Lindsay Weirich posts daily videos showcasing all sorts of craftiness, including but not limited to: watercolor, stamping, scrapbooking, storage, tutorials, reviews, etc. Very personable and bubbly and quite responsive to her viewers.

- The Mind of Watercolor: https://www.youtube.com/user/mindofwatercolor/featured
     Steve Mitchell offers tips, tricks, demos, tutorials, and reviews almost exclusively pertaining to watercolor. He will also highlight other youtubers which can lead to even more people to follow. Can be a bit offbeat, but so can I. Don't forget his co-host Reese!


- Owings Art: https://www.youtube.com/user/owings64/featured
     Marty Owings provides product reviews, painting demos, tips, and more. More laid back and straightforward than some of the others on this list, but still friendly and helpful. An excellent alternative for those looking for a slightly more serious feel to their art videos.

- Mr. Otter Art Studio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvmMvsUlfoy6TZ-YtpCSR_w/featured
     Two moms share tutorials, tips, tricks, etc and not just limited to watercolor. I have only utilized their watercolor tutorials, but they provide simple, easy to follow instructions. Bonus, they use affordable art supplies like PRANG watercolors so it is a nice step away from the tutorials done with all the expensive supplies.

- Emily Artful: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRetroFaceYT/about
     Emily posts weekly videos, she does tips, comparisons, reviews and more. However, be warned, this is a NSFW channel, there is adult humor and some swearing. She freely admits as such and describes herself as a straightforward, no-BS channel. If you would rather avoid "colorful" language, I would avoid this particular channel. 

- HulloAlice: https://www.youtube.com/user/Rainingwaters/about
     Alice is a talented young woman who has some nice instructional videos for watercolor newbies. Not as active as the others on this list, but the videos she does post are peasant to watch and she has an awesome tutorial for making your own paint-box, which is always fun.