This week we are going to look at watercolors and different approaches about how to control them and not necessarily painting any specific subject. Some of you have watercolor at home and some do not. If you have them, I strongly recommend trying them out and if not, carefully watch the videos and see what you can learn from these. If this appeals to you maybe you can buy some watercolors and paper experiment and play around with them.
The second video is my friend, Yong Chen, who is a master watercolor artist and has an amazing Youtube channel if you are interested. He does beautiful portraits and makes them look effortless but he has put in endless hours of practice.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgeFzJMAtIAmfg7kP5fMUVw
The four basic watercolor techniques are:
wet on dry this is what most of you have experienced in school where you apply paint with a wet brush to a dry surface
dry on dry is also referred to as scumbling in which you can create a rough texture or create very delicate layers in a staccato manner.
dry on wet is when you put clean water on the painting surface and dry your brush with just enough water to pick up some paint. When you apply the brush to the page you will get some bleeding but can still see the stroke that you make.
wet on wet gives you the least amount of control but also some amazing effects. Begin by putting clean water on the painting surface and then wet your brush, grab some paint and apply it to the areas that you wet on your surface. The paint will bleed within the wet area and depending on how much paint and water you used, will bleed with different intensities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uvsLGU2qF8&feature=em-subs_digest
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