by Joe | Mar 5, 2012 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Broken Edge, Dry Brush
Dry brush technique One of the brush strokes most often missing in beginners’ watercolor paintings is the Dry Brush Technique. This is a shame as it can add a great deal of energy and interest to a painting. While my comments are primarily directed at watercolor...
by Joe | Aug 10, 2011 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Broken Edge, Clouds, Landscape painting
Modified dry brush Instead of horizontal or vertical dry brush strokes you can use a more curved stroke using the body of the brush head, which just lightly touches the watercolor paper. The trick to this technique is to have your brush almost parallel to your...
by Joe | Aug 10, 2011 | Beginners Guide to Watercolor Painting, Broken Edge, Dry Brush, Edges, Watercolor painting steps, Watercolor Painting Techniques
Dry Brush Watercolor Techinique This edge, samples of which can be seen in figure 7, is created by sliding the brush quickly across the surface of your watercolor paper. There are a number of variables however which affect the final result you achieve. If you are...