Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Illustration: Watercolor, Week 1

This cup was painted with a mostly wet on dry method. Some of the blending was done with the paper still saturated with color. It seems to have been a mistake to use the white pigment to try and bring out the luster of the glass surface, but tut just sort of muddles it. working on a small scale is nice and creates a sort of sketching feel to the work. My friends dog was an interesting subject. I think it turned out well, even though I had some issues wit trying to be too detailed oriented, I even started to clump the paint on there to give a little texture...What I learned... be patient, let the paint dry!!

Personally, I think I started to focus on the details and controlling what the wash does, which is not a very good idea... don't try to control, just go with the flow :)

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