Posted in Learning to paint on Jan 13th, 2010
Beneficial tips for pulling your painting together with glazing. I invite you to keep a notebook either on a notes program in your computer or on paper for these tips. Painting with only a single color wash makes a clear color. But, a single wash does not make the brilliant color wanted, in most cases. [...]
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Posted in Learning to paint on Jan 11th, 2010
After the watercolor workshop in South Georgia, on Saturday, I’ve returned to a cold and snowy North Georgia. There were 7 students (3 new) in class. These are often ladies that have known each other for a lifetime. They are serious about learning watercolor fundamentals! They do not take this workshop lightly. The subject this [...]
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Posted in Learning to paint on Jan 8th, 2010
The variety of our paintings is dependent on many factors. These are some areas of variety could be described as variety of shape, variety of tone values, variety in edge shapes, variety in texture and a variety in graduation. Each of these elements has a rhythmic quality of its own and it’s a long list. [...]
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