Back to Watercolor
I feels strange to not be comfortable with watercolor — but that is the case! I’m pausing to think about how to do it and that is bizarre. I’ve painted in watercolor for almost 20 years but I’ve been totally focused on casein. So, I’m doing a fairly simple piece to get back in the groove.
I’m putting the first washes down now, thinking a great deal as I work. My watercolors progress very slowly in the beginning and pick up speed when they’re past the halfway point. In the beginning, I put down a lot of value changes, working with larger areas - thinking much less about actual color and more about value development. And I’m putting colors down that I hope will peek through the transparent watercolor later in the painting. Those unexpected under colors can perk up a painting later on.
This composition seems overly simple right now but I haven’t added the shadows yet. I think the shadow patterns will bring the energy to the piece. Cross your fingers.
