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Susan Pennington
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6d
added comment inHandling Paint on the palette | Beginner's Watercolor Tutorial
Water ratio is key
Use damp brush to pick up color or activate paint on palette
Spray wells/palette to rewaken paint
Use paper towel to absorb water from brush
Use firmer brush to pick up pure paint from wells
Reserve two areas on palette: one for warms and one for cools
Remove excess water from wells using damp brush
Clean palette by rewetting paint and using paper towel to clean
When using thirsty brushes always mix more paint than you think you need
Watercolor contamination in palette depends on ratio of the colors; stopping to clean may not be worth time and effort. Dig through to clean layer if using dry paint.
Susan Pennington
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2mo
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Ethan with half tones and highlights applied. This is a second pass as my original half tone mix was too orange....I let it partially dry during the holiday and then remixed. I will be ordering some brushes as my old ones aren't small enough for the details, especially in the eye area.
Susan Pennington
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2mo
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Freehanded the drawing in charcoal and fixed; added shadows and then lights; used a finger to work the edges...Discovered I'm not careful enough when wiping my finger so got some smudges.
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2mo
you need to get softer edges in cheek areas
Susan Pennington
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2mo
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Drawings from edge assignment...Yes it's very difficult to ignore half tones and working to completion; very cool though
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2mo
awesome!
Susan Pennington
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2mo
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Ethan with the average light added; beginning ear correction. Some of my mixed oils have formed a slight skin even though they are in capped containers similar to yours...one disadvantage I guess of totally premixed colors used over extended time (have grandchildren and xmas duties keeping me from my class).
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2mo
hope you got the right ones. my list pdf. has the right ones, from Hobby Lobby. Are you using the Dollar Tree ones? They are terrible I found out. The hobby lobby ones are really great. I am using mixtures from 4 weeks ago.
Susan Pennington
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2mo
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Ethan done with the background...color mixing is still a trial for me - I will say that my alizarin crimson which is Grumbacher brand is very oily and very transparent, but it was what I already had at home. Ear still needs correction as we move forward.
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2mo
a good beginning. I hope your average dark is dark enough though.
Susan Pennington
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2mo
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Ethan with the darks applied; I already know I messed up the ear and will have to redo it...both from a shape perspective as well as using the correct dark value in the deeper shadows. I might have some drawing. areas in the shirt area as well. Why don't you use the average shadow color on the mustache area? BTW, I admire the fact that your clothes have no oil paint on them....a bit tricky keeping my work area and myself clean LOL
I should also mention that I'm not quite use to how thick the paint needs to be..and how far it can go without using it up, so I have some places where its a bit transparent which I assume can be corrected in subsequent layers.
