Aug 26, 2010 · I’d like to do a painting (on watercolour paper, or illustration board) that uses acrylic paint very sparingly for certain flat/opaque/dark valued areas; and the rest of the areas in watercolour to …

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Sep 16, 2017 · Now in order to make an absorbent ground you must find an ingredient that will absorb water ( and so watercolour) instead of repelling it. And that probably isn’t gypsum or chalk. My friend …

Jul 29, 2013 · Watercolour paper comes, usually, in three types of surface….rough, NOT (or CP, cold pressed …NOT means, literally, not hot pressed, and Hot pressed. Here is an official quote: here are …

Jun 18, 2016 · I avoid stretching watercolor paper sheets before I start my watercolor compositions by painting wet-on-dry or by using watercolor blocks. I do experience minimal buckling of the […]

Mar 3, 2018 · I am fairly new to watercolor. I have taken several classes and I'm currently working in a book by Michael Lakin. (Beginner's Guide to Botanical Flower Painting). […]

Jun 6, 2017 · My experience…. Daniel Smith on left, W&N on right: buff titanium -no pyrrole crimson- don’t know pth. blue rs — same undersea green — this is just pthalo and black, no W&N sub indian …

May 26, 2011 · This is a controversial subject Jan and a lot of hot air has been expended on it. Views differ but I say, although I personally use artists quality paints in various makes (I’m a sucker for the …

Apr 7, 2009 · I’m reading through Watercolour Tips & Techniques which is an omnibus collection of books by Arnold Lowrey, Wendy Jelbert, Geoff Kersey and Barry Herniman. In the Kersey section …

Sep 23, 2016 · The responses to my last post were so useful, thought I’d dive in with another question. Check out the image attached by pop surrealist Mark Ryden, the original executed in graphite and …