CREATIVITY LESSON 2: Primary Colors, Wet-on-Dry Technique
You will paint with primary colors as you practice techniques addressing the transparency of the watercolor medium.
In painting media that cover well, like acrylic or oils, we work from dark to light. In watercolor, a transparent medium, we work from light to dark. The techniques in this book work with the quality of transparency that is a factor when using watercolor paints.
Paint the yellow area first, then the darker red is painted around the light area.
When darks are painted first and lights painted over, the light color is lost.
Collect samples of plant material such as leaves, grasses, petals, seedpods, or vegetable greens. Paint each as a shape. Break large shapes into smaller shapes. Practice producing even colors within each shape and work from light to dark.
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