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Watercolor Lessons
TIPS & Techniques:
- do a light pencil drawing
- work light to dark
- use fewer colors for control
- wet-into-wet: light ---> middle-tone ---> dark
- mass big shapes, large flat washes
- ways to work:
background ---> middle ground ---> foreground
foreground ---> middle ground ---> background
- details last
- note light source and shadows
- always have a test strip to test colors
- colors dry lighter
- leave white of paper next to watercolor, colors reflect & are brighter
- loosen up: hold brush at top end = freer, more expressive strokes
Definition of Terms:
- wash - lots of water
- dry brush - paint with no water
- test strip - to test colors
- graded wash - starts dark, add water to lighten color
- wet-into-wet - wet paper first then add color; or lay down wash and add color; have little control
- layered wash/glazing - paint fairly thin then let it dry thoroughly, paint over it with another color (lightly so as not to disturb first layer).
- Work light to dark, not more than 3 layers of color.
- loose drawing - outline drawing for shape; then draw with brush around edge, go back while still wet with clearer water to decrease the hard line-edge to create a gradation.
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Watercolor Terms
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