Paint Watercolors That Dance with Light by Elizabeth Kincaid

Author:Elizabeth Kincaid [Kincaid, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-58180-468-3
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2011-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

WATERMARKS

Watermarks, also called blossoms, are the result of a water imbalance. If there are two areas of paint next to each other—one slightly damp and the other very wet—the drier area will attract the water loaded with paint.

TIDAL WATERMARK

The pileup of pigment on paper is like seaweed driftwood and other debris washed up and left by the high tide.

WATERMARKS AS TOOLS

In Magnolia Next Door, a pattern of small “blossoms” gives the impression of detail in the background without giving any real information. The background’s soft suggestion of detail grounds the image in reality but won’t distract the viewer from the subject.

Having decided on Thalo Blue for the background. I painted sweeping brushstrokes of the color wet-into-wet. I framed the buds with the darker color, leaving a lighter area from the middle of the painting toward the upper-right comer. As the wash began to dry, I glazed and splattered the paper with clean water, flinging it from a small brush and then letting everything dry. I glazed and splattered it one more time with clean water to increase the sense of movement.

Magnolia Next Door

21″ x 13½″ (53cm x 34cm)

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