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Tips:
Sky in the evening is not so shinny as the eyes tend to believe.
To make a lightened building shine, apply just a thin layer of wash, and make its surroundings dull.
Work out the overall tone of the entire painting before going into small details; it helps build the atmosphere.
Tips:
The table is slightly tilted to allow the downward blending of color, creating foliage like texture…
Wet Paper.
Good paper and paints make a big difference; I use 300 lb Arches paper and Sennelier watercolor; same Arches with different weight also produce different result.
Mixed colors recedes more than primary color.
Reduce hard edges; wet on wet helps achieving this.
When I was in Taiwan last August I found this product originally designed for Chinese Calligraher as a practicing pad. You can use water as paint and it will leave mark on this pad. And the mark will disappear after a while. It is good for saving paper. I thought since my painting rely a lot on “calligraphy” and line quality, it’s going to help me a lot.
I find recording your own painting process is a good way of self-critique. When painting spontaneously like I do, a lot of marks I make on paper are the result of split second decision, and I don’t make good decision all the time. Sometimes I might not realize I made a bad decision until I viewed my own video…
8″ x 12″
watercolor on 300lb Arches CP
photo reference.
You can bid on this painting on my ebay store
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