Final result of this process:
Ref 903
In order to be able to make a good painting over colored paper, I have to planing ahead regarding watercolor properties and mixing colors over it; also I need to take advantage of the paper color base
For my following Project I took as a reference a photography in which the raw sienna is the main color element, so thinking on that I´ll have to mix complementary colors which are the colors located across from one another on the color Wheel., learning how to mix them and which colors to choose, can créate color harmony and mood .- the role of the complementary color is to slightly down your original color, and the more of the complementary color you add the more neutralized your initial color becomes.- however I do not want to go completely to the other side in order to keep just one side intensity .---- Yellow´s complement is violet, so to be at the yellow´s side I´ll be playing with yellow ochre, raw sienna and raw umber.
Now let´s go to transparent, semi-opaque and opaque wáter colors- properties
Transparent is just as the Word describes, allow the light to shine through and in turn lets the color of the paper to reflect back
Opaque.- block the light from coming through, making the colors appear to look dull, even though some of the opaque´s are quite vibrant in color
Transparent colors;
Aureolin; New Gambogue; raw sienna ; burnt sienna; Rose Madder; Permanent rose; cobalt blue; viridian; Hooker´s Green; Sap Green
Semi-opaque and opaque colors;
Cadmium yellow; Cadmium orange; Cadmium Scarlet; Cadmium red; Cobalt blue; French ultramarine blue; Cerulean blue; Manganese Blue
Colors that contain White and black
Yellow ochre; Raw Umber;Burnt umber;Sepia; Mars violet; Payne´s grey, Black
Among many others;
Colors need to be planned ahead to avoid most of the watercolor problems, as this is one of my first paintings over colored paper I did test with same paper and semiopaque colors to really cover what I need and I use paper towels to lift the color allowing to show and combine with the paper color undernith.-
1st Step, I´m working with Ingrid colored paper in which my first lines are made with watercolor pencil, to set the main sketch
2nd main Step After selectionate semi-opaque colors to use (transparent dídn´t work at all in colored paper) regarding complementary colors I start with darker values, in the case of the flowers my watercolor main color it was lifted it out with paper towels in order to show the blending of color with the colored paper below, and same for background, to reinforce some final colors as I was working they were blending with opaque colors basically médium yellow, red sepia, and White
3rd Main step:- The paper .- The weight of the watercolor paper is not indicative of quality because the best paper comes in both heavy and light varieties, but is an important point in this case, because it can not absorb more wáter and make a lot of buckles so you need to work Little by Little and let it dry to continue, taping the paper to the board also didn´t work at all
The final touchs are the semi-opaque colors mixed with opaque White without lifting color out.-
Ref 910
Another example but now with blue paper, same quality
The difference is the White color in the following painting I did use White of watercolor instead of White of gouache, after completed the White is very rich, however after dry completely the White is lost and there is no contrast .- thats way I recommend gouche White
The picture below, is just after white color application so everything looks pretty good
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