Saturday, March 08, 2008

Blue flower wet-on-wet

I'm not a big fan of wet-on-wet, probably because I always feel like my paintings turn to mud. I thought I'd play around with a small practice piece 4 x 6 postcard size. I did a quick line drawing. Then I wet the background with clear water. When I saw the sheen was almost gone, I re-wet the paper again letting it dry a little then dropping in the color. I used this same approach with each petal of the flower. I liked the diffused feeling my little wc has. I might do this again, but on a larger drawing to see if I can fine tune the results.

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