Watercolor Paintings And Art Printables

Wet-on-wet is one of my favourite technique in watercolor( click here to know about wet-on-wet technique). Initially, it would be challenging to control the flow of water and pigment. But, on practice, anyone can master this technique and control the flow of pigment to create diffusion effect. In this painting, I applied watery pigment and then added dark pigment(with less water) over it for creating the shadows. The dark and light pigment blend without creating harsh edges. And that is how you can achieve smooth transition from dark to light using wet on wet technique. Tip:  If you find there is excess water on the paper you can remove it using your damp brush which absorbs the water. Make your brush damp by wiping the brush with a soft tissue or cloth. My favourite watercolor paper: Fabriano Artistico Traditional White Watercolour Blocks CP 300 GSM 23 X 30.5 CM My favourite Watercolor pan: Sennelier l'Aquarelle French Artists' Watercolor Aqua-Mini

Feathering technique means blending the edge of the previous stroke that leaves the edge loosen instead of having sharp edge. In painting misty scenes, feathering technique is used a lot.  Step 1: Draw the mountain top with the required tonal value.( Tonal value will be low, if you are painting distant mountain and it will be high when the mountain is closer to the viewer) Step 2:  When it is still wet, take a clean brush, wet it(amount of water taken on the brush should able to make thin film on paper) and apply a stroke that slightly touches the edge of the previous stroke. You can see color flows downward and fades out into nothing. That's it! You can also use this technique while painting shadows of an object.

Applying water on the paper and adding multiple pigments and letting them to mix on their own or by tilting and blowing is my favourite technique. Check these kitties that I painted using wet on wet technique.

There are many greens in our watercolor palette. But it is usually better to make our own greens from blues and yellows. Trying all different combinations can gives us better understanding of making dull green to more vibrant one.

Values are the shades of grey between black and white, or the darks and lights. The success of a painting is based more on getting correct values than on the colors that we use. It is not necessary to reproduce the same color that we see in our reference photo but it is important to concentrate on the value of that color.