Clover is one of our newer exchangers. She is also interested in learning more about watercolor. I’ve emailed her with some tips on her lettering so she wondered if I had tips on watercolor. My only tip is to watch YouTube videos.
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After reading this myself - this morning - I have an entirely different perspective - but do not have time to rewrite -- so will add the different perspective in a day or two.
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My earliest experience with watercolor was simply meeting someone who was masterful and I saw that he worked on numerous pieces at one time. There is a ton of time required for the work to dry before you proceed. And, you have to have the paper *stretched* onto boards - so you need a ton of boards and a ton of space. Some people plan on starting 20 pieces and only a couple will end up in the save pile. Not everyone works that way -- but I would not be interested in wasting that much paper.
Even if you are a watercolorists who can do mostly keepers - there is that component where you can’t paint over any mistakes. So, I simply haven’t done much watercolor. It seems like another medium where it takes tons and tons of time to become very skilled. But, I can’t really think of any medium that is quick and easy. And that’s my humble opinion of watercolor.
Clover did a nice little watercolor that she thought looked like a tornado. I agree. There is one more tip for any kind of painting. Avoid using the colors straight out of the tubes or pans. All color is made up of all color - so mixing very small amounts of other colors into. your main color gives a more natural appearance to the color.
My first impression of it was Rothko!
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