Watching Paint Dry
I'm doing a demo of a flat wash that's not turning out as a flat wash at all. This is annoying. It seems to happen most of the time when I do flat washes. Getting them right is a matter of a lot of practice, but I can save this and also explain in the article how to fix a flat wash that didn't come out perfectly flat.
I hate watching paint dry, it's the only thing I don't like about doing watercolors.
Edit: still watching paint dry. lol
But it's almost dry.
Tiny flecks of color that hit the white part and dried can be picked up by gently swishing over them with a brush with clean water, then blotting fast. It took a couple of goes, but at least my example art doesn't have spots down in the part that was supposed to be reserved for later... I could put the masking fluid on for snowcaps on the mountains now though while waiting for the last of the wash to dry.
Edit: Oh, now that worked. Pretend I wasn't trying for a flat wash in the first place. Change the title to "How to Paint a Mountain Scene in Watercolor" and call it Moderately Challenging. That can work. I saved it as a draft so that I could write an Easy article to count toward DemandStudios, just something I'll sketch in colored Conte crayon or felt tips.
Edit again: While watching paint dry, I did another article in colored Conte crayon: How to Draw Foliage with Chiaroscuro -- which is Moderately Easy or maybe even easier than that. It's okay to use soft pastels instead of colored Conte crayons if you don't have those. Same sort of deal. Just do it bigger.
I hate watching paint dry, it's the only thing I don't like about doing watercolors.
Edit: still watching paint dry. lol
But it's almost dry.
Tiny flecks of color that hit the white part and dried can be picked up by gently swishing over them with a brush with clean water, then blotting fast. It took a couple of goes, but at least my example art doesn't have spots down in the part that was supposed to be reserved for later... I could put the masking fluid on for snowcaps on the mountains now though while waiting for the last of the wash to dry.
Edit: Oh, now that worked. Pretend I wasn't trying for a flat wash in the first place. Change the title to "How to Paint a Mountain Scene in Watercolor" and call it Moderately Challenging. That can work. I saved it as a draft so that I could write an Easy article to count toward DemandStudios, just something I'll sketch in colored Conte crayon or felt tips.
Edit again: While watching paint dry, I did another article in colored Conte crayon: How to Draw Foliage with Chiaroscuro -- which is Moderately Easy or maybe even easier than that. It's okay to use soft pastels instead of colored Conte crayons if you don't have those. Same sort of deal. Just do it bigger.