Watercolor, one of my favorite mediums to use, and that's after trying so many others.
If I do say so myself, I’m also quite knowledgeable
about the medium. But after reading the book, Basic Watercolor Techniques by Grey Albert and Rachel Wolf, I
realized how ignorant I was on even the most basic techniques. For example, the
four most common and basic techniques are; Wet in Wet, Wet on Dry, Drybrush,
and Dry on Wet. I knew none of them, or perhaps I didn’t know the name of each technique. Though after trying each one,
I was quite confident I could handle the Wet on Dry quite well, which according
to Albert and Wolf, it is “Often referred to as the
direct method, and is done just the way it sounds: a wet brush full of color is
applied to dry paper” (Albert and Wolf 19).
The colors I used to start out was: Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, and Burnt Sienna. I started out with Ultramarine Blue first and lightly spread it out on the paper, and then I quickly slathered on Burnt Sienna, which was then followed up by Prussian Blue. I repeated the process until it semi-resembled what was found in the book.
In the picture, I'm spreading out the Ultramarine Blue, while the other colors are slowly blending together.
After, trying out the Wet on Dry technique, I knew I had to experiment
with the other techniques that I found difficult, to help develop my painting
skills. Wet on Dry is quite easy to handle with and the safest of all ways to
paint (Albert and Wolf 19), and the one I preferred to use since it was easy to
manipulate and fun to explore with. Though, Albert and Wolf would beg to
differ, to them the Wet on Dry technique, is quite boring and it lacks the
excitement of others (Albert and Wolf 19).
The final result was that of mixed hues and something that could be found in a painting as the background or scenery.
So, I used Wet on Dry, which has plenty of uses. What techniques out of the four (Wet
in Wet, Wet on Dry, Drybrush, Dry on Wet) do you prefer to use?
Albert, Greg, and Rachel Wolf. Basic Watercolor Techniques. Cincinnati,
Ohio: North Light Books, 1991. Print.
I have zero expertise in this field, so I can't answer your question. But your painting is gorgeous - keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mrs. Robison! I hope with other later works I can show even more improvement on my watercolor techniques!
DeleteI also am doing a post on water color too! With my experience I prefer to use wet on dry also.
ReplyDeleteKennedi Wa, that's great! Wet on Dry is such a wonderful technique, though I hope with more experience I could implement other techniques into watercolor.
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