I can't tell you how great it was to get to start up my in person weekly class again in Libertyville. We didn't have a lot of people but just to paint-a-long in person is such a pleasure and me being able to watch a student paint in person is so critical for me to teach you the right ways of doing things. I can't wait for the day when we can get the workshops running again with 20 people in a classroom. 

If you would like to show off your paint-a-long paintings or if you want to ask questions about your work I would recommend you sign up for my new Facebook Group.  

For anybody that plans on coming back to my Libertyville weekly class this week please notify me so that I know you are coming Beckerart@gmail.com

 

Yes to Class at the Civic Center in Libertyville Feb 11th 1pm to 3:30pm

Yes to Class at The Studio in McHenry Feb 13th 9:00am to 11:30am

Email me at Beckerart@gmail.com for any info you may need about my classes or workshops.

I always hear that watercolor is the most unforgiving medium, I don't totally agree with that. There are a lot of ways to go back into a watercolor when you don't get the exact wash you were planning for.

One of the biggest problems when going back into a watercolor is that the first wash gets ruined by applying the second wash over the first. The first fresh wash gets pulled up out of the paper and it causes the first wash to mix with the second wash and makes it look not as fresh. However if you do it right you can put a second wash on top of the first and it will still look fresh. One thing you can do if the first wash wasn't what you had planned is scrub it out and start again. Below is a video showing ways to scrub out a wash to help your painting out when you need to correct or sometimes just add a scrubbing technique to the painting.