Ref 985.- Watercolor / Powder graphite .- Double texturization


This is the result of apply this process;

Main Steps;
.-- Powder graphite is diluted in a pool of wáter, to be applied in a selective but not precisely way, reserving highlights and White paper, the primary pure color was already added around the beams of this locomotive; The poder graphite in this first aplication is more diluted than the second one to be applied later

.-- With sandwall paper grit No 100, elaborate some forms and shadows mainly at the brushes áreas, after has been completely dry

.-- 2nd texturization; In this ocassion, the poder graphite is less diluted than the first one, and we can apply darker colors with watercolor as needed , once gets dry we apply the fixer to avoid muddy conditions for our following steps, (if needed you can repeat the sanded process, scratch it out, spattering, lift color anything you need on the paper)

I was looking for a darker appearance to make contrast with the snow I´m going to add, so darker color for this example work better, In the next step with an spatula and with old brush I´m adding whites to reflect snow in different spots accordingly and I start to define forms with a finer pencil with dark colors

 

 



Finally and once completed the brush detailed job, I start to spattering yellowish paint around the beams and White paint in the rest to reflect an snowing condition

 

 

Ref 984; Watercolor.- Mixing some texturization techniques;

For my following exercise; and base in previous experiences, I painted according next steps;
1.- soluble watercolor pencil to indicate main contourns
       (This is because I want to protect White zones since the begining)

2.- Primary colors (The purest colors which I need in my painting either  
       yellow, red or blue   > most of the cases two of them not all of them
       togheter.

3.-powder graphite diluted in wáter and applied with a big brush
      (sometimes lifting color with an absorbent paper regarding distances
        or some particular áreas) in this painting I added before and after
      primary colors :--- before with lot of wáter and after with less wáter to
      avoid muddy conditions, nevertheless I failed some spots (need care)

4.- Wait for dry (sometimes I need to rinse but in this ocassion I did not)

5.- Once completely dry  I sanded selectively with drywall sandpaper grit 100 at foreground forests

6.-  Comercial fixer spray to fix basiaclly the graphite diluted already on paper

7,.- Watercolor accordingly and wait to dry

6.-  With a fan brush I start to spattering darkers colors to suggest additional texture in all the forest
      covering the upper part and mainly the sky, which was already completed

7.-I did some scratching out to suggest some forms

8.-  Above the snow I start to add White (gouache) to highlight the bluish/vilolet color added from the begining

9.- Complete final details (always there are details to highlight)



                                      "Let´s find some beautiful place to get lost"

Ref 983; Watercolor, - Powdered charcoal diluted in water and applied
                                        as shadow underlay

To try this texture, first sift a light coat of pure powdered artist´s charcoal onto the dry wáter color paper (already pencil sketched) then spray the área lightly with a pump sprayer in order to help set the texture, rinse the entire paper with clear wáter from a gente sprayer or in a sink, let the paper dry and assess the pattern again, you can repeat the technique for more texture and finally prevent smudging by lightly spraying the área with a clear acrylic laca fixative, over it once has been completely dry you can make the watercolor completation
Note this time I used a small kitchen sifter to make a fine powder texture on the paper



   "Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is even better"

Ref 982.- Watercolor.- Experimenting with a mixed texturization

As this is my first try to achieve a double texturization, I won´t make precise comments, however following are the main steps to make this paprticula paint:

1-  Selective primary color added according previous soluble pencil sketching;
2.- (texturization) with soluble graphite, applied with brush;
3.- Fixative, (important point for this process to block out previous painting work)
4.- (texturization) bright color with fan brush;(the transparency of the paint it is quite important to cover from dark to light if needed) 
5.- Selective yellow overlay.-(glazing, again the color paint transparency and amount of wáter it´s important for this particular step

The result was not so bad, but my idea was to try better dark tones which are not yet enough (lack of contrast), so in a future exercise the soluble graphite will be added with less amount of wáter and probably I´ll mix transparent and opaque watercolor to achieve a better result, like I said this was my first try out , mixing texturization techniques
In the other hand; I enjoy learning from this particular exercise

Ref 981.- Watercolor.- How to loosen up

The following painting was made basically for one own´s pleasure, therefore I chose one photograph from the web a simple one but with the idea to do it in a loosing way, to do that I took some liberties to move elements around in my case hidding it and just focus in the subject which catch my eye, I kept my art supplies at my desk so I´m ready to go without any planing (when inspiration hits, leap on), Paint larger I mean with larger brushes such as 1/2 round and jumbo, after sketching in this particular case with wáter soluble pencils. the Little feathers in the abdomen where just enough to make of it "the detail part"
Keep your paper at arm´s length, standing up and painting on a low flat surface
Base on the colors needed I prepare a cups of premixed paint, and from there once ready work faster. Finally stop before you think you are done, trust your viewer in order to complete and fill any missing information, in order to balance color, shape, intention, some details, some guessing, some particular lines and you´ll see that loosen up is the best way to paint in watercolor, just feel the emotion, and the joy of paint in a spontaneus way

Well this was the result of a that quick  and loose paint , the wáter soluble pencils, help a lot in the soaked paper surface to work accuratly fast

               "Down to the water"

Ref 980; Watercolor .- Mixing color at the paper
There are three ways to mix colors, At the paper, at the palette, and by glazing and/or overlay another color .- the following painting was made by combining all colors at the paper, as I start with the dark lines as my refference, some of the dark color spread as I added the clear color over it, however where I start with pure primary color you can see the deep tone achieved;.-  the colors I did use are, permanent red, over indian yellow mixed all at the paper, for final shadows were brown madder and violet

                              "Looking for the cardinal"

Ref 979; watercolor/gouache.-  Art materials to use

While I was trying to be creative, I start for looking in the different material, I´ve got to make my paintings, so I gathered a different paper (black colored), properties of transparent and opaque watercolors and the way I can use all this together, then with a sponge I start to add blue and Green color over it, first transparent color and then opaque watercolor to highligth the shape , I had to take care with the paper to avoid what happens with previous ref 977 

                          The jellyfish