Painting 33

Watercolor .- Paying attention to edges quality

Nothing says beginner more than a watercolor where all edges are hard edges. Usually the picture is more pleasant if you get a variety of edges from soft to hard.
You make soft edges when you paint wet into wet (on wet paper) or you can always soften an edge just after it is painted by painting some plain water next to it. You can also soften an hard edge when it is dry by brushing it with water and a stiff brush, I recommend doing this when you reserve white with liquid frisket as this usually leaves a crisp hard edge that might look too obvious on the painting.
A simple way to make sure you have a variety of edges is to wet your paper at the beginning of the painting and continue working on it as the paper is drying. Your edges will get more and more precise as the paper is drying
At the final stage regarding main focal subject; I re-define with a fine brush and watercolor-pencil main dark lines


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