Jason NicholasCreator, The Inkspired Life · Sketchologist™ Sketch Boldly . Live Creatively.

Master Watercolor Blending in Just Minutes!

19 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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In this concise watercolor tutorial, Jason Nicholas demonstrates how to achieve striking blends using only two colors—Rusted Rivet and Turquoise—within tiny 2‑inch and 1‑inch square formats. He walks the viewer through focusing on a specific area, observing the ink‑and‑watercolor puddling effect as it dries, and then zooms out to treat each framed square as a miniature standalone artwork. Jason references his friend Linda S., who creates similar mini paintings, and shares a brief community shout‑out from Paul praising a New York skyline sketch, illustrating how small‑scale experiments can generate compelling visual results.

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But we're just going to use a little— our 2-inch and 1-inch square so we can just kind of focus on some areas. So I kind of like what's really— what's happening in this area right here. Check out those colors. You see the Rusted Rivet and then the Turquoise. Those are the only two colors we used, but look what you're getting out of it. Pretty awesome, right? That's a cool area. Let's kind of move over a little bit more. I love the aesthetic of ink and watercolor just puddling up and drying like this. Try not to— I'll try not to, uh, it's wet, I don't want to smear it, but you can kind of see how that's looking in that area. Then we'll look, kind of zoom in here, a little bigger frame. I like to think of these framed areas as mini pieces of artwork. My awesome friend Linda S. Linda S does really cool mini, mini paintings. All right, so you get a sense of what's happening there. Um, Paul says, love your New York skyline sketch with the towers.