I was putting this off because it was kind of difficult and I didn’t have the time to concentrate on it. First I had to redraw my horse sketch from a few weeks ago onto watercolor paper and make corrections. That took a couple hours. Then I couldn’t decide what colors to use. Finally I decided it would be best to start with the background and do the horse last like I would if it was an oil painting. Too many decisions! I tackled the sky, grass and horse as separate experiments, using two Inktense pencils on the wet blue paper for the grass. It was kind of fun pushing the paint around to make it as even as I could on the horse then lifting out paint with a paper towel where I wanted highlights. Now that I got one horse sketch finished I might try again with a different model horse. It’s still too hot out for me to enjoy painting in Plein air unless I get out at the crack of dawn.
I like this. I have heard it said that watercolour is difficult because you have to learn the control of paint. How hard is this?
Sarah
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hi Sarah, thanks. I think it’s more difficult than oil paint because it’s not easy to make corrections. Some colors can be lifted out and some colors stain the paper too much. It’s a whole different ball game that I’m not used to.
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