Watercolor Tutorial part 2: Blending | The Alison Show. Are you all as excited as I am for part 2 of Yao’s amazing Watercolor Tutorial series!?! If you need to catch up check out Watercolor Tutorial pt 1: Basics & Supplies! Now take it away Yao! Well hello folks! Here is the second tutorial on watercolor, and today I’m going to share with you guys how I use the blending technique. I’ve provided a step by step of a bouquet of flowers that I did for this post to show you how I approach painting flowers using blending.
I don’t typically sketch my painting out beforehand in pencil, only because it can be difficult to erase the pencil lines after the painting is done. Everyone has a different approach to how to start a painting, but with flora, I like to start with the flower itself. With lighter-colored flowers, try going over the flower with a light wash first, and dip more pigment into the wet area to get a faded effect. Adding a different color, like I did with pink here, to a light orange flower will achieve a soft blend of the two colors. Yao. Free Watercolor Painting Tutorials: How to paint, Hints, Tips, Techniques. Boat stories. Stephanie Pui-Mun Law - Shadowscapes.
Rhonda Anderson: August 2010. This is written in two parts so I can talk about each peacock. This peacock was done on an Icarus board which melts/burnishes the colored pencil as it's applied to the surface of, in this case, illustration board. It's about 7.75 x 11.5 inches in size. I worked approximately 5 days about 3 to 5 hours each day until completed. I still have a lot to learn using the board, but I'm fairly pleased with how this turned out. These beautiful birds are made to be seen and admired and there is so much beautiful symbology associated with them. In Greek mythology, the peacock is associated with Juno who is the goddess of the sky and stars. In Asia, it's associated with Kwan-yin who is the deity of love, compassion, nurturing, good-will, and kindness. Preparing Watercolour Paper – 5 Different Methods - EveryQuery Articles.
Preparing watercolour paper by pre-stretching it is vital element of painting in watercolours and learning how to do this will provide you an absolutely flat surface to create your painting on. With untreated watercolour paper, the surface can become uneven as it becomes saturated with water. Warping can occur with any watercolour paper which has a mass lower than 300gsm, dependent upon the amount water which is absorbed by the paper when the painting is being created. With the technique of stretching the watercolour paper, an application of watercolour paint will dry with the treated paper remaining flat and even. Additionally there is much less chance of wet watercolour paint moving onto unwanted areas of the paper.
There are several methods of stretching watercolour paper, but the least complicated one involves immersing the paper in a sink which has been filled with lukewarm water. One further technique is to use water soluble glue which is gum, starch or wheat based.