Painting 33

Ref 1082.- Watercolor / Watercolor & modeling paste a different approach

Sometimes is necessary to créate enough texture to hold the paint in place but also for fine brushwork and detail, (watercolor cold press paper is optimum for that,) but I´m working with a different paper so I need to enhance the surface to work with .- this exercise is about that

Here is the result of this particular technique

Material needed;
Paper Stardream colored paper 105 Lb (there are many colors to work with) I chose silver color
Modeling paste
Spatulas several sizes
watercolor pencil
watercolor set; cerulean blue, raw umber; payne´s grey; cad orange & red ; aureolín,
 Permanent White in gouache
round and flat brushes

1st Step.- With watercolor pencil (Brown and yellow) .- sketch but also fill the inner spaces of this bird

2nd Step.- Just before apply modeling paste with a small spatula in accordance all contour, wet your fingers and pass above the figure to reactivate the watercolor pencil which will mix in some way with modeling paste layer .- this layer will be of the mínimum thickness you can add above the outline figure

 

3rd Step.- You need to work fast and/or by áreas to conform a texturization accordingly with the help of and old flat brush to styling the small feathers of the figure orientation

 

4th Step,.- Wait for modeling paste to dry (it does not take so much time) and then you have the underpainting phase to work with

Now you can start watercoloring.- I start by darkering colors to mixing them until you achieve the required strength, wash the brush, then pick up one color and add following the color flow.- you´ll see that paint over modeling paste is quite easy and give many different hues regarding wáter application you can lift up paint with a sponge to integrate tones

 

 

5th Step.- I complete with brigthest colors .- some pigments are more opaque tan others and it is important to remember when overlaying colors and or save White spots as much as posible since the begining

6th Step The permanent White color (gouache) is now applied to highlight all the figure, and final details reviewed and improved