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Water control #2

September 11, 2020 by riasharon

Ria Unson water control exercise

Denise Sodden’s exercise

I’m enjoying doing these exercises more and more and they serve as a nice warm up to a painting session.
Decided to use them not just as warm up but also see how different colors in my palette look in different concentrations. #1 is 708 and #2 is 533. Using scraps from sketchbooks to conserve paper.

Note for self: these were all done wet on dry.

I already see an improvement from my first set.

What I learned:

  • Brush size matters a lot
  • Mixing up the right amount of paint beforehand helps (assessing the size of the area I want to fill to determine the amount).
  • Keep the size of “the wet edge” manageable. For example, for the glazed value exercises moving along crosswise instead of lengthwise. Even though I can cover a wide surface with the size 8 brush on it’s side in one stroke, I risk parts of the edge drying too much and causing blooms.

 

 

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Filed Under: DIY art school, watercolor

A little about me

I have an undergraduate degree in art. By day, I work in higher ed and in my free time I'm currently putting myself through DIY grad school.

I teach classes on creativity and inspiration on Skillshare. I occasionally share my original paintings on Etsy and fine art prints on Minted. I've also been known to make puppy portraits.

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