If you can get the big shapes drawn and the colors right then a water color landscape is not too difficult to make look good.
- all whites are the white of the paper - there is no white paint - to make a tint - add water. To make a color darker try mixing in the compliment. Green gets dark by adding red - or purple.
- Always paint light to dark - general to specific. Unlike other media if you want it white leave it blank from the beginning.
- experiment first before you do your final painting.
- try wet into wet. Try letting it dry and then painting detail over it.
-try matching colors with the screen. You won't be able to get a perfect match because of the pigments we are limited to, however you can make colors seem brighter by putting a compliment next to it.
- all whites are the white of the paper - there is no white paint - to make a tint - add water. To make a color darker try mixing in the compliment. Green gets dark by adding red - or purple.
- Always paint light to dark - general to specific. Unlike other media if you want it white leave it blank from the beginning.
- experiment first before you do your final painting.
- try wet into wet. Try letting it dry and then painting detail over it.
-try matching colors with the screen. You won't be able to get a perfect match because of the pigments we are limited to, however you can make colors seem brighter by putting a compliment next to it.