Kayaks

So...I tried something tonight, and it didn't work at all, and it didn't work because I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. With a picture like this, do you put in a wet-in-wet wash for the background, let it all dry, and paint the other stuff over the top? Do you do the figures first, and then wash behind them? I did the latter, but didn't let things dry enough before coming back, and everything got smeared and messy and imprecise. So I waited for everything to dry, took my "secret weapon" brush that I got from Paul Jackson (it's a smooth, flexible, flat-edged, two-inch-wide brush), put some diluted Cobalt blue and water on it, and went over the whole thing. It didn't make it worse...but it didn't make it much better either. It smoothed out some of the splotchy background, but the figures became duller and softer and didn't pop like they did in the reference photo.

I need someone who does this kind of thing—Sarah Yeoman?—to give me a lesson!

DAY 26: KAYAKS

#30x30DirectWatercolor2019

On 140-lb. Fluid watercolor paper using Paul Jackson paints...