MY TOP 10 WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES

A Review of Water Color Rendering :

MY WATERCOLOR PAINTING

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MY TOP 10 WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES

1. GLAZING

I use glazing technique because it produces a transparency effect of the artwork. Mostly I used this techniques for the doors and windows of my perspective plans.

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2.WET ON WET

I recommend to use the wet on wet techniques for rendering the clouds, environment features and landscape formation of your artworks.

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3.DRY BRUSH

This technique is one the easier technique in watercolor rendering because all you need is to have a dry brush then a little amount of watercolor pigment to paint your work.

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4.MASKING

I used masking technique for the part of my painting or drawing that I need to prevent having a marks or watercolor shades, I used this technique for borders,walls of my plan and etc.

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5. WET ON DRY

For the wet and dry technique ,I would prefer to use this in my Elevation Plans to produce the texture I want to my drawing, because wet on dry can also easily stroke on your drawing materials like the watercolor paper.

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6.LIFTING OFF

Lifting off technique maybe the use of small amount of sponge ,a cotton or a piece of paper that remove the part of your artwork when it place on a wet paint.

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7.TISSUE PAPER

The use of tissue as a technique for watercolor rendering ,it produces a different shades, an abstract and a freehand rendering like the other technique, by placing the tissue paper on watercolor pigment then directly apply it on your paper.

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8.SALTING

If you want to produce a paint that shows a roughness and texture centered, you may use the salting technique. By easily sprinkle or drop the salt on your paper then wait until its dry.

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9.WASH

This technique can easily done with a more water content than the color pigment to achieve a wash like of your painting.

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10.MONOCHROMATIC

Monochromatic technique is a kind of drawing representation that show show value and color of your whole painting, maybe it is used of less water-more pigment or less pigment -more water ,it is up to you on how you present the monochromatic drawing.

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