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Blue and Red Arcs

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I wanted to take advantage of the rough texture of the paper in today’s study. The first arc was the blue streak that began with a dense color that came from a loaded brush and ended with a dry brush that only colored the peaks of the textured paper. I used the same technique with […]

Watercolor Nebula

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I haven’t used rough-finished watercolor paper in a while. I remember that I enjoyed working with this texture. To increase the irregularities of the surface, I obtained a spray bottle and some pretzel salt. I applied the pigments as usual,  applied the salt and soaked the paper with my nebulizer. Voilá, a nebula!