An old friend kindly lent me back some sketchbooks I'd given him a while back when I was clearing out a closet a few summers back.
I was surprised
By these
I thought I'd give you a look.
Throw down washes (wet color on wet paper).
Then once the washes are dry, drawing on top with with a brush.
The underwash colors should be pale and warmish.
For contrast.
Sometimes I like to draw with a loaded brush, especially figures.
Sometimes the layering is just abstract blobs.
Layered blobs on top of blobs.
With a bit of spatter
Always put warm colors down 1st and cool colors on top. Not the other way around. To quote The Watercolor Book:
Applying cool over warm gives more luminous results, while applying warm over cool produces darker, more opaque effects.
A quote from British watercolor artist Brabazon Brabazon:
by Brabazon
"Broadly speaking, my mental processes which I attempt to express can be roughly summarized thus: (1) The creation of the nebulous atmosphere in harmony with the scene which will enable me to pass through and beyond the surface of the paper into a world of imagination in which I can breathe and look about me. This we will call depth. (2)Then I am able to observe the main forms and color masses which interest me: form."
Are you inspired to paint blobs this weekend? I am.
"Broadly speaking, my mental processes which I attempt to express can be roughly summarized thus: (1) The creation of the nebulous atmosphere in harmony with the scene which will enable me to pass through and beyond the surface of the paper into a world of imagination in which I can breathe and look about me. This we will call depth. (2)Then I am able to observe the main forms and color masses which interest me: form."
Are you inspired to paint blobs this weekend? I am.
BONNE WEEKEND!
