"Brilliant Pepper"
Image size 11" x 15"
Watercolor
Last week I took a watercolor workshop with Jeanne Hyland. I worked on this painting in the class. Her "wet and workable" method is very interesting and and I love the brilliant and saturated colors. She had us working on a totally saturated piece of paper and we had quite a long time to work before it began to dry. Controlling the water/paint ratio will take a lot of practice but this seems like a pretty forgiving way to paint with watercolors and I'm looking forward to trying it again.
Nancy, your pepper turned out great! But then you are multi talented in so many techniques! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThank you Gail. You're so sweet! It was really nice seeing you again.
ReplyDeleteGreat shine on that pepper and I'm mesmerized by the shadow and the light spot within. I see just that same effect in shadows that are live.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sherry.
DeleteHave never tried painting on a totally saturated paper. Never thought of it. Thanks for sharing the idea. The work above is fabulous. Am sure it requires a lot of practice and experience.
ReplyDeleteThank you Asit. I need to practice this technique a lot to get the water to paint ratios to work well.
DeleteI like all the color in the shadows too that makes this pepper shine and jump,out at you. Good work to get such a nice painting out of a new technique. Are you using extra heavy paper in this to help it stay damp and how do you control runs. Also it is a one layer shot and that what keeps the color so fresh? I know full of questions since I am not doing a darn thing on my own. Easier to pick your brain. Today is final entry day for Blick, took your advise and entered.
ReplyDeleteI used 150# arches. The first painting I tried was on Fabriano Artistico and it was a flop. The paint lifted too easily and that created quite a mess. Arches has good interior and exterior sizing and holds up well to this technique. You control runbacks by not having too much water in your brush - thicker paint, less water. This was done while the paper was saturated only one time but Jeanne says that you can re-saturate the paper from the back and continue on later. I haven't tried that yet.
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