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    DIY Watercolor Kits – an Easy Way to Stay Creative

    Are you looking for an easy way to get started painting with watercolors? Do you want to practice painting with watercolors, but you run out of ideas of things to paint? Do you wish you had something fun and artsy to do with friends, but you don't feel like dealing with all the extra supplies?

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    A Regular Art Practice … Why is it Important?

    Since I started The Painted Pen, I’ve noticed a few things about having a regular art practice. Creating art regularly does the obvious things, of course. Your art will always improve with practice. The more you make, the better it gets. The lines get more confident, and the colors you mix are truer to what you had in mind. You remember movements and they’re easier the next time. You repeat the styles you like and let go of the styles you get bored with. Your art naturally changes and grows.  If the only good reason to practice art regularly was that you see a visible improvement in your work, that…