watercolor resist

Color mixing practice: water color resist

Watercolors mix beautifully and are a great place to start when learning to mix colors. The pigment in watercolors blends well and the water allows for really vibrant mixing. Your job is to learn how to keep your paints clean so that your primary colors are pure and your secondary colors are vibrant. In addition, you'll be learning some watercolor technique that will make your paintings more interesting and build on your knowledge of the media.

Vocabulary

Watercolors

• • Medium/media

  • Pigment

  • Vehicle

  • Properties

  • Translucent

  • Opaque

  • Saturation

Techniques

• • Bloom

  • Wet on wet

  • Wet on dry

  • Dry on dry

  • Salt

Color

• • Vibrant

  • Muted

  • Complementary colors

You will need:

• • paper

  • primary colors of watercolor

  • water cup

  • watercolor brush

  • palette

  • newspaper for below your paper

  • small amount of salt

Get started:

Step 1: fold paper in half

Step 2: lightly draw your initial on the bottom layer of paper

• • your letter must tape up a LOT of space on the paper--top to bottom

  • your letter must be wide (think bubble letter)

  • if your draft has a lot of eraser marks, use the top paper to trace your work

Step 3: add design to break up the space

Step 4: go over your lines with black sharpie

Step 5: add wax to create barriers for your watercolor--make sure your lines are neat and solid

Step 6: paint Your paper must include:

• • vibrant primary

  • vibrant secondary

  • warm/cool color scheme

  • water color techniques:

blooms

wet on wet

salt

CLEAN UP: save time to clean up properly--at least 10 minutes

• • throw away newspaper

  • wipe table

  • clean paint trays and pigment cake

  • clean and return materials

  • clean and condition brush

  • put your work on the drying rack