A Journey with Hues

  5 tips to excel at watercolors before you even begin painting Tips to start painting using watercolors for absolute beginners! Are you someone who wants to start with watercolor illustration and have no clue where to begin with? If yes, then you are in the right place. Here are five beginner friendly tips that can make your watercolor journey much more easier and fun! Tip 1: Prepare and Proceed Now this tip may seem too trivial to consider, but if you are thinking of making your watercolor illustration hobby a side hustle, then this is one is of utmost importance. As they say, luck favors the prepared, if you have some prior knowledge about watercolors even before you begin, then there are high chances that you would have good head start in your illustration career. By preparation   I mean , it could be as simple as googling about famous watercolor artworks or just following some great artists out there on social m...

Hi there! Welcome to the fourth episode of my blog. Today I'll be writing about a topic that has been overdue for quite some time now, my fear of failing. However, I did not understand what it actually meant until I felt it. Simply put, it is the fear that one might fail even before attempting something new for the first time. Today I want to share with you how I am overcoming my fear of failure one day at a time and making it my strength. Understanding what causes the fear is the first step towards overcoming it and thus after days of research and several sleepless nights, just kidding! But I did give myself some time off from my daily hustle during which I found a few reasons that caused my fear.  Also, I realized that sometimes all we need is a little break from our mundane tasks and lots of snacks to sort out our lives. Anyway, here I am mentioning a few of them, something that-according to me-are the most common ones. First one being, I compared my work with others a little to...

Heyaaa! Hope you are doing fine. Welcome to the third episode of Journey with Hues. Some art lessons along with some of my life learnings is what today’s episode is all about. Although I was really excited when I started this blog, I pretty much knew that sooner or later I had to find my niche, if I can say so. And maybe, just maybe today’s episode is a first step towards what I want this blog to be all about. Watercolours were the first thing that came to my mind when I was thinking of a topic to write on, could be because of my  love for them. The art one can make using watercolours is only limited by imagination. I have just started exploring watercolours and believe me every time I paint something new, I learn something new. But this wasn’t  always the case, there was a time when I almost got annoyed with watercolours but let me tell you how it  all changed. Watercolours were introduced to me during my school years. I vaguely remember an activity book and a  wate...