Painting 33

Ref 901;.- Diluted charcoal as texture-underpainting and watercolor
                   applied with syringe and finished with brush


Final result of this process;
Over hot press paper 220 gr

Step No 1.- See previous ref 900;  regarding powder charcoal application

 

 The beauty of watercolor painting, is that you don´t need many extras, you may already own most of this ítems shown here, to complement the texture underpainting accordingly

 

 

The charcoal is quite dirty so, once you have the idea impress, I rinse all the paper and while still wet I lift out some áreas with a wet brush or with a paper towel  .- different amounts of color can be removed by varying the pressure

 

 

2nd Step.- Small highlights can be made by scratching into the dry paint but with this method you can have small clear área by pushing and old brush into the semi-wet paper, do not over-do it, because as you can see I scuffed a Little bit the paper, needs to be careful, all this variations are important to conform the texture you are loking for..---- Let it dry and apply a fixative over the painting to keep it as it is and in some particular clear spots you can use masking fluid

 

 

3rd Step.- I could use an sponge to add color above the underpainting, but do not forget that we are working with charcoal, and again can be activated with moisture, so I rather use a syringe to apply some clear colors above the charcoal texture - underpainting but also you can flicking and/ or spattering paint onto this surface to suggest even more texture or simply to add interest in some áreas of your painting, spattering can not be controlled easily so you need to masking with a torn paper over it, but with this method I really do not need to.

 

 

4rth Step;.- After wait to completely be dry,.. I start to reinforce painting again the shadows, and dark details,, and for this particular case again White tones over color below as another layer to conform mist and reinforce White clear spots base on light source, this color gives the life over the shadows of the underpainting

 

 

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