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Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #54 Drying Lighter
Back when I was a student at the American Academy of Art many of the teachers there had their sayings that to this day still stick in my head. One that sticks in my head the most was Mr. Parks' saying
"every now and then get up off of your.......(long pause, of course, we were thinking of the word ass) bench, get back and take a look at the whole thing". Such great advice and something that I always do when I am painting, standing back now and then to take a look at the big picture. Sayings like these are the reason I try to come up with as many as I can to help out my students remember my lessons. This week's Newsletter I go over my new saying "If it looks right when it is wet, it's
wrong"
Another reminder I will be up in Lac du Flambeau at Dillman's May 21st doing a demonstration for their Spring Open House. If you are in the area that weekend, stop on by!
YES to class this Thursday at the Civic Center in Libertyville
YES to class this Saturday at The Studio in McHenry.
"If it looks right when it is wet, it's wrong" |
Here I go again with one of the many sayings I use in my classes, however, this is a new one that I feel is very important for my students to understand.
My saying "If it looks right when it is wet, it's wrong" means that when you paint a wash and it looks like the exact value you were aiming for, it won't be that value when
the wash drys, meaning it will be the wrong value when dry. It also won't be as vibrant as the wet wash when dry. You can see this in the example I had painted below. The upper wash is wet and it looks dark along with being vibrant. The lower wash is the same wash after it has dried. You can see that it has gotten lighter and has also become not as vibrant as the wet wash.
This occurrence is very problematic for the watercolor student as
they leave the wet wash looking exactly as they see it, not realizing it will become at least 10 to 20 percent lighter and less vibrant.
What I hope this saying will do is constantly remind the student that they need to make washes at least 20% darker so when the wash dries it will be exactly what they want.
Top wash is wet and very vibrant. When that wash dried you can see it lightened and also became less intense than the wet example. The image above is the same wash photographed when wet then when dry. |
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Watercolor Artist of the Week |
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What a great painter. Watercolors , Oils, he
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