ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Watercolor

Watercolor is like painting with water and special paint called watercolor paint.

When you want to use watercolor, you first need something called watercolor paper. It's special paper that's thicker and more textured than regular paper.

Next, take a paintbrush and dip it in water. You then dip the wet brush into the watercolor paint to mix the two together.

Once you have some paint on your brush, you can start painting on the watercolor paper. The paint and water blend together and make really pretty colors that can look almost like they're glowing on the paper.

Sometimes when you use watercolor, the paint can spread out a lot or run together, which is called "bleeding." You can use this to create interesting patterns or effects in your painting.

Watercolor is a very fun and beautiful way to create art!