The morning sunshine back lights Coyote Rock. A mixture of Golden brand matte medium and half water cover thin almost dry applications of watercolor. The medium with a little aggitation from the brush makes the watercolor spread like a mist as in the upper right corner. The underlying texture of the absorbent ground helps create light. The Golden Matte medium attracts yellow jackets as did mineral spirits when I was painting with oils last week.
Watercolor on absorbent ground is intriguing. The light lights are either scratched or added on top. But what I don't like the dulling of the colors that occurs with the varnishing with matte medium.
The morning sunshine back lights Coyote Rock. A mixture of Golden brand matte medium and half water cover thin almost dry applications of watercolor. The medium with a little aggitation from the brush makes the watercolor spread like a mist as in the upper right corner. The underlying texture of the absorbent ground helps create light. The Golden Matte medium attracts yellow jackets as did mineral spirits when I was painting with oils last week.
Watercolor on absorbent ground is intriguing. The light lights are either scratched or added on top. But what I don't like the dulling of the colors that occurs with the varnishing with matte medium.
2 comments:
Interesting, Diane. Especially since you're using these outdoors. So maybe you can allow in advance for the dulling that you know is going to happen?
I still have a couple of quarts of absorbent ground. It's been sitting there waiting for me to try some more experiments with it.
What I like the most about your watercolours is that they are very distinctivly yours. Often people painting in the same medium the same subject matter tend to get quite similar results - maybe due to whatever school they belong to. You work has a feel about it - that it is a style of its own - you style
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