Test ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• discover a variety of watercolor concepts with out worry through the use of scraps. lower the paper into bookmark-sized items and laminate them later! ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 172 t h e c o M p l e t e p h o t o g u i D e t o c r e at i v e pa i n t i n g 154-189_20025. indd 172 154-189_20025. indd 172 7/12/10 3:22:59 PM 7/12/10 3:41:59 PM (Text) (Ray) Job:07-20025 name: CPI-LS0619 CPG to artistic portray #175 Dtp:204 Page:172 ting 172 1 1 soak the paper in fresh water for a couple of minutes. small sheets might be soaked in a shallow tray. Drain. carry the paper from one nook in order that extra water can run off. 2 minimize 4 strips of paper tape to the paper’s dimensions. hose down them one after the other (do now not overwet) and observe each one to an aspect, overlapping the watercolor paper merely approximately ½" (1. three cm). Many artists like to hose down the adhesive coating on butcher’s tape with a sponge. it may be a separate sponge, now not an analogous one used on watercolor paper! Burnish the tape for an outstanding bond. 2 dip tape strips in short to prevent overwetting. t r a n s pa r e n t wat e r c o l o r 173 7/30/10 1:01:57 PM 7/12/10 3:41:59 PM 154-189_C57956. indd 173 154-189_20025. indd 173 (Text) (Ray) Job:07-20025 name: CPI-LS0619 CPG to artistic portray 07-C57956 #175 Dtp:204 Page:173 Some artists like to staple damp paper to stretch it. position staples approximately ½” (1. three cm) from the paper’s aspect and approximately 1½” (3. eight cm) aside. Small items of watercolor paper— say five” x 7” (12. 7 x 17. eight cm)—can be stretched with thumbtacks. have a bigger sheet to stretch? Soak it within the bathtub! don't relaxation the stapler at the paper—it will mar the skin. Paper will seal greater to a humid floor, so hose down the board as proven. Draining a really huge sheet of rainy paper 174 Drag the rainy paper onto the board from the other aspect, to shape a greater bond among the 2. lightly sponge off surplus water, and “burp” the paper earlier than taping or stapling, in order that no air bubbles stay. T h e c o m p l e T e p h o T o g u i d e T o c r e aT i v e pa i n T i n g 11/7/10 3:01:28 PM 11/7/10 3:01:06 PM 154-189_C59365. indd 174 154-189_C59365. indd 174 (Text) (Ray) Job:07-20025 identify: CPI-LS0619 CPG to inventive portray 11-C59365 #175 Dtp:204 Page:174 ting 174 perform, perform, perform! portray routines can relief in expanding wisdom and constructing watercolor talents. a method to benefit a strategy is to copy it utilizing various colours. right here gradient washes (page 181) are practiced in circles of alternative colours. one other instance of practising blending watercolors on paper. right here, the newbie used a faded wash, warm-colored kinds and funky shadows, and rainy into rainy paint. most sensible left, a hard-edged item (allowing each one quarter to dry earlier than going on). most sensible middle and correct, rainy into damp. backside row, Y legs are painted in values of 1 colour. Y fingers are performed in combined shades, one hot, one cool. t r a n s pa r e n t wat e r c o l o r a hundred seventy five 7/12/10 3:23:35 PM 7/12/10 3:42:0 PM 154-189_20025.