Watercolor Basics – Week 5

 

Watercolor Basics – Week 5
In this class, our 5th watercolor Basic session, we painted together a landscape. ( there is a link to the video demonstration below.)

https://www.facebook.com/newnewyorkers/videos/1033254067197179

In other to paint this picture that was sent in advance:

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We used techniques such as wet on wet, color glazes, diluted color, and its differences with the watercolor when used in a more concentrated way, without using much water to go into the tree and the bushes. etc.

Here is another way of painting a landscape, using scraping as one of the techniques.

Trying to provide more information and answer the question of why watercolors sometimes get a little dirty, I found this video that might help shed some light on the subject beyond my explanation of the last class.

WHY WATERCOLOR GETS DIRTY: BEGINNER EXERCISE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRnUs1pWsn4

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