Looks like a windy day after rain.
These last few paintings are all after looking through the wet-in-wet style watercolor books (2) I have to learn how to do this and not overwork. The trick is saturation of the paper but also waiting until the paper is matte dry until adding the last, darker bits. Since patience is a key ingredient, maybe that's why I haven't mastered this style in the years that I've been painting.
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Well, I think you've mastered it now, Rhonda! What a beauty!!
That sky!
Thanks, Chris and Alice Jo. I am happy with this little practice piece. I do love a good sky and it's not as easy as it looks! ha ha
great looking sky :D i think you are being too hard on yourself about mastering a medium, I don't think we ever stop learning how to "master" a medium :)
Thanks, Jennifer Rose. I would love for this to come more naturally, I guess. But you’re right - all painting techniques are a lifetime learning experience.
Lovely scene, like a beautiful summer day.
My lake of patience is no doubt one of the factors that makes wet in wet difficult for me!
Getting the "right" amount of paint to water to accomplish what you want is the never-ending challenge!
Thanks, Laura. I know you meant your “lack” of patience but I like the typo which said your “lake of patience” = more artistic way of saying it. Wet-in-wet does take some watching of the watercolor to catch just the right moment - and that’s what takes patience, for me. I am learning more and should just do test papers of colors to see how they react to various wet stages - but I haven’t done that yet. And lifting like Ewa does? How does she do that? Is it the paper? Or just great timing? So much to learn still.
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