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Watercolour Techniques pictures from: http://www.watercolorpainting.com. Flat Wash. Apply an even wash by painting an area quickly with the same amount of pigment and water on your brush. Graded Wash. It’s often a good idea to prewet the area with a sponge when completing a graded wash.
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Watercolour Techniquespictures from: http://www.watercolorpainting.com
Flat Wash Apply an even wash by painting an area quickly with the same amount of pigment and water on your brush
Graded Wash It’s often a good idea to prewet the area with a sponge when completing a graded wash. Apply the pigment onto your brush and paint the darkest area. Then rinse the brush off and pull the pigment down– it will lighten more and more as water is added to the pigment.
Glazed Wash Wait for each layer to dry and then paint quickly over it.
Wet into Wet When an area is wet (be it with water or another colour), and paint is applied to it, it bleeds and creates a fuzzy look.
Dry Brush Remove most of the water from the brush before adding pigment creates a much darker, rougher, look.
Salt Add salt while the paint is wet. Remove salt when it is dry.
Lifting Dry Watercolour Remove colour by rewetting a paint brush and then slowly moving it over the desired spot. Spray and blot Sandpaper Use an exacto knife or razor to remove sharp areas of paint.
Sgrafitto & Stamped Textures Shown in this example is a variation scratching a line with a fine sharp point, in this case a pen knife. The wet paint is sucked into the bruised paper fibers as you scratch across the wash, creating dark lines.
