Just demo pages this week: someone forgot to take their camera...
We looked at reflections in water and how they change depending on;
- the lightness or darkness of the subject
- the surface movement of the water
- how close the subject is
As part of the process, we explored;
- wet on dry & wet on wet
- laying on glazes or adding another layer of colour
- lifting out highlights
We briefly looked at skies too.
Watercolour as its name suggests, is wet and can be unruly. So as a watercolourist your time is spent;
- keeping colours apart to stop them merging, "wet on dry"
- trying to control colours merging, "wet on wet"
- watching paint dry which can either be meditative or frustrating
The phrase, "If you don't practise you'll get rusty." is probably more true about watercolours than anything else.
Although their work is not here, the work made was lovely.
Well done everyone!
