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For my painting class we are learning about watercolor these are some of the techniques I have learned about
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1. Wash-
The simplest technique take any brush load it up with
plenty of water and some pigment and smooth it out on the paper. Experiment with
various proportions of water to paint to get variations in value. At right is an
example of a wash
2. Opaque-
Touch the tip of your brush with water and load it
up with a lot of pigment use this. You can get it to be lighter if you add more
water and push the paint further experiment with this to try out the variations.
At right I have added some grass.
3. Erasing-
The most important part of this method (*note you
cannot do this on regular watercolor paper and non-plate finish bristol board
will peel and be impossible to work on. ) Use your flat rigid brush with some
water to carefully take out the paint. Have patience repeat as necessary do not
rub too hard, because even the best bristol board may peel. Experiment with this
technique you should be able to pull out most of the paint and get the paper
almost white.
4. Tinting-
tinting is very easy to do, but more difficult to
control. For example you want your painting to have more red in it, to be
warmer. what you do is take some very thin red paint (use a lot of water) and
carefully go over the dried portion of the painting you wish to tint. Results
will vary so experiment with this until you are a master.
(http://www.elfwood.com/farp/watercolor/)