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Landscape Watercolor Painting

Continue with this landscape watercolor painting last night doing the rocks and trees.  It is lots of fun doing this kind of watercolor painting makes me slow down and learn several different aspects in watercolor.  One thing I learn from this exercise is to take my time in my painting.  Doing a painting quick sometimes has opposite efficts and because watercolor painting is to leave blank the areas you want to have less watercolor paint, planning is very important.  Good planning in sketching and the value before I apply the color is as important as applying the color on the watercolor paper.  Patients is also necessary to let the watercolor paint to dry between layers.  I also learn the amount of water in my brush is very important as well.  It affects the intensity of the watercolor as well as the saturation of the watercolor paint.  Also keep a clean wash bucket of water is just as important and I learn not to be lazy and change water often.

Watercolor Painting Daily – Landscape

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Landscape watercolor painting 7 x 22 inches

I have started a landscape watercolor painting last night.  It is a very odd size measuring 7 x 22 inches.  I have decided to try this landscape watercolor painted using the splatter method and in high key.  I started with a pencil drawing outline of the picture on cold press watercolor paper and tape the watercolor paper onto a board with painters green tape which can be easily removed after.  Then I mask sections of the drawing and cut out the areas I want to do.  I splatter watercolor paint onto the areas in layers and leave each layter to dry before I proceed with another layer.  The color I use is straightly from the tube only diluted with clean water.  I let this pure watercolor from the tube dries before I put on another layer so there is many layers one on top of each other before the section is finished.  Once the finaly layer is completely dry, I cover back this area and go on to the next.


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Daily watercolor painting blog – Landscape final

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Watercolor Landscape - in progress

Watercolor Landscape - Final

I believe I have finished fine tuning my landsccape watercolor last night and here is the result.  The first one is the progress and changes I have made earlier and the second one shows the final painting.  I have changed the value of the path by adding more darker tones and also some minor adjustment of colors in the various area of the painting.

Watercolor Painting – Landscape

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Landscape watercolor painting

This 10 x 20 inches watercolor painting has been painted but there is much to be corrected.  First of all there is a new experiment of putting on watercolor using colors without mixing.  I try to use paint out from the tube and put in layers of watercolor paint from the lightest shade to the darkest without any mixing except on the paper itself.  The lighter color was put on first and then when it is dry, the next layer of darker shade.  The paint is not mixed but sometimes diluted with water to achieve a different intensity or value.  As you can see from the rocks on the right, the color is more intense because I have use it right from the watercolor tube.  The trick to this is not to mix any color and wait for one layer to dry before applying the next.

Daily Watercolor Painting Blog – Landscape

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Daily Watercolor - Landscape 10 x 15 inches

I have painted the right side of the landscape painting I started about a week ago.  The watercolor I used was Burnt Sienna and Yellow Ochre for the rocks.  When I paint, I like to leave the painting without looking at it for a few days and with a fresh eyes I look at it again trying to find something I need to correct to make it better.  After I completed this painting in the next day I shall leave it and come back to it in antoher time and I ma sure there are areas that I would like to make changes to.

Daily Watercolor Painting – Landscape

Landscape Watercolor - 10 x 20 inches

I have continue with my landscape watercolor painting last night with more accomplished on the lower left corner.  I am trying to use only pure watercolor from the tube on each layer and add either the same color or another color as the layer is completely dried.  To speed up the drying time I use a blower and make sure that everything is taped down before I use it.  Many layers of different color paint has been put on individually before it is all covered up before I go on to the next area.  The final result of the watercolor painting area cannot be seen before the whole area is painted.  So you must keep in mind and remember the adjacent hue and color as well as the light and shadow of the area next to you that has been painted.  Sometimes you just need faith in the final outcome of the watercolor panting.  On the above landscape watercolor painting illustration, I think the yellow green on the bottom is too light and in time I will lower it’s intensity by adding more layer of different value.

Watercolor Daily Painting Blog – Landscape

Watercolor Landscape - 10 x 20 inches

Continuing with my landscape watercolor painting last night.  Did very little in the length of time I spend mostly taping, mixing the right colors and waiting for each layer to dry.  I very much like this watercolor technique although it is really time consuming and eye straining.

Today I like to talk about a watercolor site I found on the web the other day on contemporary watercolor and also devoted to the study of classical watercolor technique of past watercolor masters.  This is the watercolor web site of Nordic Watercolour Museum. The museum is in  Sweden and the museum contains permanent and temporary collections of watercolor paintings, guest studio, children studio and experimental workshop with advance technical equipment for study and research of watercolor.

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Daily Watercolor Painting Blog – Landscape

Landscape Watercolor - 10 x 20 inches

Continuing on last night with my 10 x 20 inches landscape painting on Strathmore Watercolor Paper.  More layers of watercolor is being put on as mention on the previous blog.  I was searching on the web on the subject of artist business cards trying to get some idea to do my own.  I have come across a number of sites which are quite interesting.  I found an article by R. Garriottt on his own blog on Basic Art marketing Tools: The art business card.  It talks about the basic art marketing tool and gave examples of some of the art business cards from his friends.  Another site is by David Airey on A Few memorable business cards.  He is a graphic designer and has a blog in which valuable design tips are given.  Another site is called Business Card Observer which shows unique business cards from the past and present.  It will give artists a good starting point and many ideas in designing his or her own business cards.  Would also appreciate if you can share your interesting art business card with me and I will try to publish it in my daily watercolor painting blog at a later date.  Email me at dailywatercolor@gmail.com