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9th Annual Art-a-Day Challenge, January 2018!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Small landscape study

today's watercolor lesson, landscape study
This small landscape study was my student's focus lesson for today. The primary objective was to create strong and dynamic clouds. Onto a very wet page, the dark prussian blue color was laid down first, with a touch of cobalt in the upper right corner. The paper was held upright, allowing the paint to streak down into the white space. Then the tool of the day - a crumpled, dry paper towel - was applied with very firm pressure against the paper's surface, blotting up the paint. Suddenly the white of the paper emerged. The hills and trees were added last. It was a quick little lesson and we all had a great deal of fun "playing" with the landscape.  [I must put a disclaimer here that this was not an original design. I borrowed it from another online artist.]

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1 comment:

Gwen said...

A beautifully dramatic sky.
xx