Using gesso with watercolour
I came across an article that described the use of a gesso ground for use with watercolour. A gesso ground causes a few problems, but it also creates a number of opportunities, not found when working on more traditional surfaces. Gesso is an acrylic based ... Read More
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Skin Tones
Painting convincing flesh tones is one of the challenges of portrait painting. Painting skin tones in watercolour can be even more challenging. But with all honesty painting skin tones in watercolour cannot be achieved by using tubes of flesh tint and portrait pink.
Unlike working with acrylics, we ... Read More
Brilliant Watercolour Ideas
I have recently come across the work of an artist called Michael Morgan. He is a great watercolour painter, whose landscape paintings could be mistaken for oil or acrylic paintings such is their boldness. This man is now in his 80’s and obviously has a wealth of ... Read More
Great Watercolour Tips
Choose good quality watercolour paper, at least 300lb with a good ‘tooth’ (tooth refers to the roughness of the paper). Don’t use cartridge paper, it is too smooth and wrinkles too easily.Use the best brushes you can afford, cheap brushes simply don’t cut it.Always keep you ... Read More
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