Wet on Wet Watercolor Technique

by Joe | Aug 10, 2011 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Edges, Watercolor basics, Wet in Wet, Wet on Wet

We will now look at the wet on wet watercolor painting technique. A good exercise to understand the potential of using wet on wet techniques is to mix a milk strength mixture of French Ultramarine and Alizarin Crimson. Then tape a quarter sheet of rough textured...

Watercolor techniques: edges created with a round brush

by Joe | Aug 10, 2011 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Edges, Painting textures, Watercolor basics, Watercolor Painting Techniques

What is so important about edges? As watercolor artists, and artists in general, we paint our paintings through the creation of different edge shapes. In this article I will talk about the watercolor techniques that will produce these edges and how to use them to...

Color of shadows and reflections

by Joe | Jul 2, 2011 | Shadows and reflections

Color of shadows and reflections Another major difference between the color of shadows and reflections is that a reflection usually contains a lot of color, mainly coming from the object that is being reflected e.g. the side of a boat. This reflected color will be...

Watercolor painting of shadows and reflections continued

by Joe | Jul 2, 2011 | Shadows and reflections

More about painting shadows and reflections When looking at shadows and reflections one is usually more dominant than the other. On wet sand the reflection can dominate. On dry sand there is no reflection just shadow. In figure 6 below, see how the shadow is not very...

How to paint shadows with watercolor

by Joe | Jul 2, 2011 | Shadows and reflections

How to Paint Shadows Cast shadows are away from the sun. So to see where to place them in your painting you must first look at where the light is shining from. The shadow will be opposite the direction of the sunlight. There is no great secret with how to paint...

Painting Reflections and Shadows

by Joe | Jul 2, 2011 | Tips

Painting reflections and shadows with watercolor Some of my beginner watercolor painting students often get confused when painting reflections and shadows. As they follow quite different rules it is best to have each clear in your mind before you start painting. For...