Yang then spent two years in the UK studying the works of watercolor masters in person. During this period, he also founded Watercolor magazine. Though it ran for only eight issues, the magazine's incisive analysis of watercolor techniques, appreciations of famous works, and educational QQA section marked the start of the serious study of watercolor art in China and Taiwan.
之後楊恩生花了兩年時間，專程到英國研究各水彩大師的原畫，並創辦「水彩雜誌」，雖然只出版 8 期，但卻以精闢的技法分析、名作欣賞、教學問答等專文，開啟了海峽兩岸水彩藝術的學術研究先河。