Saturday, August 28, 2010

watercolor technique: dry brush or wet on wet?

dry brush
wet on wet




Still have lots to do to get the show ready, but couldn't resist just enjoying this fine sunny day!

I gave myself permission to paint at the beach this afternoon. I did these two watercolors, one starting with a dry brush technique, and one starting wet on wet. One was small enoufh to scan in, so the colors came out ok, but the other, the wet on wet, I photographed. Even with photoshop, I couldn’t get the blue out. Hm. This encourages one to  work small enough to scan the piece, especially if there's much white in it.


2 comments:

  1. love that you showed the difference b/w painting with the dry vs. wet brush for people like me that know very little about painting! what a difference that makes, and both our pretty but i'm sure everyone prefers one or the other just depending on the style you prefer.

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  2. The wet on wet looks like the leaves have auras.

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