Watercolor Artist - USA (2019-08)

12 Watercolor artist | AUGUST 2019

CreativityWorkshop

Dropping In

Experiment with this unexpected art tool to create

impressionistic painting effects.

By Kathy Collins

T

his past year I was sidelined

due to illness, but was never-

theless anxious to continue

painting while in recovery. My

endurance was limited, so I needed

a new, faster way of working. Even

though I already painted in a rapid,

loose style, I needed to shorten my

Lauren With a Puzzle

(watercolor on paper, 11x14)

painting time to stay within my

energy allowance.

PAINTING WITH

A DROPPER

Th at was when I pulled out a set of

Dr. Ph. Martin’s radiant concentrated

watercolors—paints sold in small

glass bottles with eyedroppers—and

decided to paint directly using the

dropper instead of a brush. I didn’t

dilute the paint; instead, I used it full

strength to achieve very dark values.

Referring to a sketch I previously

had made from a live model session,

I started to draw directly on the