Tip #111
Painting Moving Water,
Part 2
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Here's a quick demo from my North Light book, First Steps
Painting Watercolors (First Step Series), [Link]
gp/product/0891346163?ie= UTF8&tag=httpcathyjohi20&linkCode
=as2&camp=1789 &creative=390957&creativeASIN=0891346163.
You'll recognize the spot from the final image on the last tip, from
my journal!
111-2, map shapes
If you have a favorite place, you can form a relationship with it and paint it again and again ...
that's what I've done with Bennett Springs State Park, where I've drawn and sketched since I
was a kid. I'm fascinated by the moving water there, and keep attempting to capture just what
it is that draws me back again and again.
Here, I've mapped the shapes I saw in the water and surrounding area, as we talked about last
time. Of course you'd use pencil rather than ink, most likely, so you could erase your
guidelines.
111-3, Just add water!
Add light washes and the largest shapes first, following the shapes you originally sketched.
You can see the pencil lines here...
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Finish up with smaller, darker washes and you'll be surprised how close you can come to
your original idea!
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Play with your brushes - you can make wonderful calligraphic marks that suggest the liquid
qualities of water. Let the brush tip dance!
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You may prefer the marks a flat brush makes ... just play around with a variety of shapes.
Hold the brush in different ways!
You've probably seen this demonstration before, but it does clearly show how I paint moving
water on the spot. Bet Borgeson put this together for the Mighty Art Demo site,
[Link] it was in my recent
book, Creating Nature in Watercolor, [Link]
[Link].
Please drop by my artists blog, [Link] my fine arts gallery
blog, located at [Link] where I often offer mini-demos, my
CafePress store, located at [Link] where you can find
instructional CDs for artists, or drop by for a visit on Facebook,
[Link]
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