watercolor practice 10.5 x 14.5, 11/18/19

One of our Friday morning members taught a class to us on watercolor.
We practiced

• wet on wet flat and graduated wash
• dry and on wet applications
• making marks with our brushes
• clouds 3 different ways: paint around on dry then soften edges with wet brush, on damp then use kleenex to lift color for clouds, and paint around clouds on wet.
• Then we did this group of 3 trees on a hill.

I found out I really like my liner brush. I discovered that I also like painting two handed, apply color with one brush in one hand, then soften it with a damp brush in the other hand. Don't blend too much pigment in water or it is too dark. Painting watercolor on 140# watercolor paper is much easier than on 90# mixed media paper. Terry says it cheaper to buy a big sheet, then fold? crease? and tear it into the sized you want.

Claudia Nice has some really nice drawing books.

• Drawing and painting trees in the landscape
• How to see, how to draw, keys to realistic drawing