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8 Golden Rules of Watercolor Painting
Knowing these 8 golden rules of watercolor painting helps you improve your art skills and the quality of your artwork. Learn the 4 pillars of a good painting. Read blog post via the link in this pin for more details.
yes, I am playing with paint and flowers again! 👩‍🎨🎨 I have been buying flowers like it’s going out of style. I saw these ranunculi at the grocery store and could not resist! (even though I still have some gorgeous garden roses in the fridge, also waiting to be painted 🙈😅) I have not painted such a strongly colored flower in so long I decided I needed to familiarize myself with the palette 🎨💪 I like to experiment with different combinations of colors to see what will end up working best. ...
Are you missing this critical painting tool? 🤨 I use my value scales constantly. They are one of the most important tools in my studio 👩‍🎨🎨 How do I use a value scale? 👀 ☑️ First, I use my hand-painted scales to mix color strings on my palette. ☑️ Every color is mixed into a range of 7 values. ☑️ The rows of color strings line up so the columns are all the same value, which means I can mix colors in the same column without shifting the value. ☑️ This is really helpful for the second ...