I have finished doing the watercolor painting on the hand forged garden sheep sheer. If you have read my yesterday’s blog, you know that I have done painting most of the sheer plus a layer of very light wash on the background. Last night I have added anther wash to various area of the background where the wood grains are and use a darker color to do the shadow outline of the wood grain. The knots on the wood is also done by applying several washes and finally with a darker color using very fine liner brushes. Shadow on the wood was painted with a mixture of Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Crimson and French Ultramarine Blue in several watercolor layers. Each one is added after the layer is completely dry until the desire darkness is achieved. Then the highlight is lifted off the painted shadow area and also darker wood grain is added. Picking the correct watercolor pigment is important so that it can be lifted and not too staining. It was lots of fun doing this wood texture background in watercolor. It is also very important to find a place for your signature so that the finished painting is well balanced. When it is time to sign the watercolor painting, I found that it is best to turn this watercolor painting in a vertical position and sign on the lower left near the sheer. Although it takes a while to do the wood texture background, I think it is lots of fun and I haev learned a lot from doing it.
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Watercolor Painting Daily – Antique Corkscrew #3
This is an old corkscrew watercolor painting I painted last night. It measures 7.5 x 10 inches and is on cold press watercolor paper. There is flickering technique involoved with an old toothbrush where watercolor is being applied on the tooth brush and is being flicked on to the taped surface. The corkscrew is done on gradated watercolor wash and the background in a gradated wash as well. It was fun to do this small objects just to get warm up for painting something larger.
Watercolor Painting – Old Cork Screw #2
My watercolor painting today is a 7.5 x 10 inches corkscrew. This is a simple cork screw and it has a wooden handle. I painted the background first with a wet in wet wash. I use light blue on the top which changes into a yellowish tint at the bottom. I carefully paint around the cork screw with clean water making sure the watercolor paper is wet. Then I apply the paint on top of the wet wash and let the paint mix itself on the paper by picking up the paper and rotate it so the color will mix well with each other on the watercolor paper. After the background has been dry, I painted the wooden handle of the cork screw applying layers of watercolor paint and be careful to leave the highlights. I have problem with the watercolor paint drying too fast on me so after painting several layers on the handle and when it is completely dry, I use wet on wet technique on my last layer. It gives me more time to do the dark part of the handle and some lifting of the highlight in this watercolor painting. Then it comes to the metal part of the cork screw where I use a mixture of blue and grey for the shadow and carefully painted the highlight with clean water as I go along and make sure the blue grey shadow on the round metal does not have a sharp edge. I really have to work fast on this. Last but not least, the shadow is painted with a mixture of red blue and grey color. It was quite challenging and I found that I have to work really fast and loose.
Watercolor Painting – Old Corkscrew
Painted an old corkscrew last night. I am attracted by the wooden handle contrasting with the sharpness of the metal. It is done on a 7.5 x 10 inches sheet of cold press watercolor paper. The texture of the wooden handle gave me the most trouble while trying to get the right color and shade in applying the watercolor to it. The metal part needs lots of patience on painting it and have to leave white area of reflection where necessary. I also use a dry square oil paint brush to apply dots of color on the metal shaft of the corkscrew as well as on the screw part. A toothbrush is also use to flick watercolor paint on to the wooden handle to give it an antique effect.