Start To Finish, watercolor painting of a beautiful Border Collie
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Gather photos, sketch and transfer sketch to stretched watercolor paper, this is 8 by 10. Masking applied. |
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Begin to add some color, a little background and the early lightest washes. I am painting on Arches 140 pound cold pressed watercolor paper. I buy large sheets and tear to the size I need. |
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Adding some darker colors now, I have used Cerulean blue, UM blue, Paynes Grey, Burnt Sienna, among others. Early washes are more dilute than later washes. All are Winsor and Newton Paints. |
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Always looking for values, lights and darks, trying to create form. |
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Starting to take shape here, still loose washes, trying to capture her sweet expression. |
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Beginning more detail now, I paint fur in the direction of the hair growth. I remove the masking with my fingers or an eraser. to reveal the saved white of the paper. But I usually soften those lines, don't want those lines to be too hard looking. |
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I do soften some of the lines and washes, to blend some of the color, I use a damp brush to soften the borders between washes, avoid the hard lines. Here is The finished painting! Any questions?? |
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