Watercolor Artist - USA (2019-08)

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surface using the dropper. Th e con-
centrated watercolor formed strong
values that constrasted with the
extra-white Fabriano Artistico water-
color paper.
Next, I used a damp fl at brush and
touched the face and hair to soften

the edges and create a background.

I then brushed in Winsor & Newton

dark paints to strengthen the back-

ground and clothing. I purposely left

some hard edges around the facial

features to add emphasis to the center

of interest. Finally, I painted light

shadows on the face using a small

round brush.

REVELING IN THE

UNPREDICTABLE

It was exciting to experiment with

a dropper and concentrated watercolor,

ABOVE

Seventeen

(watercolor on

paper, 14x11)

LEFT

Nona

(watercolor on

paper, 14x11)