Lesson 10 – Brush Strokes

Today’s warmup exercise: I noted yesterday that I had some questions about brushstrokes and how I could make them visible in my watercolor tone studies. They all seemed to fade into the background wash within seconds. I am working through an interesting watercolor manual called, the Tate Watercolour Manual, Lessons from the Great Masters by Tony Smibert and […]

Blotscapes

Today’s watercolor experiment: My experiment today is a continuation of my warmup exercise (see Lesson 10 – Brush Strokes). I extend the utility of the marks I make and use them to build a composition. I made four vignettes of landscape-like compositions using a number 20 round brush and sepia pigment. The idea was to begin with marks […]