SF8-10-Watercolor techniques
Water color techniques
Water colors are different to work with than acrylic.
tips:
Work form light to dark always... ( you can not take away dark areas or add more light!)
Vary the amount of water to have more of less controlled areas on your page, as well as lighter and darker values.
1. Wet on wet- use a wet brush to "paint" on your page with water, dip your brush in paint, and put onto the wet page... this is hard to control, but creates interesting colors and designs
2. Dry brush... Use a little water to get the color on your brush, paint onto a dry page.
3. Wet on dry. Use a lot of water and paint onto dry paper.
4. use tape to cover areas you do not want to paint, peel off after paint is dry
5. Practice creating gradients - put a dry spot water on your pallet, add a tiny drop of paint color, paint a gradually add more color into your water spot until the color is quite strong. Paint a value gradient with 6-7 boxes.
Look at this site to get more tips
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-5-simple-watercolor-techniques-beginners
Sketchbook Assignments
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SF8 Watercolor techniques-
Show wet on wet, dry brush on dry paper, wet brush on dry paper. masking, gradients- from more water to less with a value scale. techniques above.
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SF9 Paint outside!!!
yes, take a set of watercolors and paint like Monet!.
SF10 Painting from outside
with any medium of choice. Use the whole page in a composition. Either zoom in on an object or put a whole landscape in view.
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