Painting 33

Ref 888:_ Watercolor-- Masking/ Sponging/ Scratching
                                   & Blending  Exersize

Water scenes can be a challenge to paint in watercolor.  But with a bit of practice and some careful study of the subject, you can whiz right through any such challenge.  One thing that will be clear to a watercolor painter is the fact that the subject of the work is painted front to back. 
Water is painted most often with a wide watercolor brush, filled with pigment and water.  This liquid “soup,” when painted onto thoroughly wet paper, will yield a wash of rich tone upon which additional darks can be added or lights can be created by lifting off paint.  Either way, the initial layer of “water” is painted as a general idea of the end result.  Tones are added with various methods to build a unique and desired effect

Following painting was liquid masking in reflections with a fan brush and after dried sponging on;  topically is another way to add bright light areas.  By gently sponging on foam along the edge of a lake or seascape painting, you can create the look of froth that is very realistic.  Sponging can also be used wet-on-wet to add speckles and multi-toned coloration to the sea or lake colors and also instead of wáter I use soapy wáter to make more additional color texture
Once it was dried I took away the masking fluid and added color again, on regards the horizont light main source then I start to scratching off the surface of the dry watercolor that will give me a sharp, severe contrast line.  Scratch with a needle tool or the edge of a sharp blade drug horizontally across the paper.  The blade will catch the fibers and lift them up, creating stark paper-colored áreas
Finally I complete the figure with Payne´s grey, to avoid a strong contrast some humidity still in the paper, allow me to blend the sharp color images representing some light vegetation contrasted shapes at the distance, within these cliffs


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