Watercolor techniques: wet on dry

Watercolor techniques: wet on dry

by | Aug 10, 2011 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Edges, Handling water, Tips, Transparent washes, Watercolor basics, Watercolor painting steps, Watercolor Painting Techniques, Wet on Dry

Wet on dry watercolor painting technique Wet on Dry is the watercolor painting technique you use when you want to place a hard or sharpe edge on your painting, though you can also use it to cover an area with a nice clean watercolor wash, see figure 6. With the wet on...
Controlled Wet on Wet Technique

Controlled Wet on Wet Technique

by | Aug 10, 2011 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Edges, Landscape painting, Painting Boats, Painting water, Reflections, Shadows and reflections, Tips, Watercolor basics, Watercolor Painting Techniques, Wet in Wet, Wet on Wet

Controlled Wet on Wet Technique As the paper dries, during the wet on wet technique, it will arrive at a point where it has lost its shine, now if at this stage you run the point of your brush across this damp section of paper you will see an interesting effect as...