Here you see the first pour of the primary colors on Baby Giraffe. First, I wet the entire surface with clean water, then I poured the diluted paint where I wanted that color. I lifted the paper and manually manipulated it until the colors mingled and produced secondary colors - but this is a wild and unpredictable process. One can only hope that colors are in the approximate place you chose for them.
Here is the result after I have allowed most of the paint to run off the painting. It will now dry and await the second and third pours where I will add more of the same primary colors. I used Aureolin, Quinacridone Rose and Pthalo Blue... but next time I will vary the strength of each according to what I want to accomplish for the underlying colors.
Once the next pours are completed and dried, the painting with brushes begins.
3 comments:
Wow! Very interesting process. How long did this take?
Paz
Hi Paz,
Each pouring of color does not take all that long... I wet the paper and pour on my prepared colors. I then take the paper and move it around to make secondary colors, where the paint mixes and creates a different color. Then, once I am satisfied, I drain the excess pigment and water into the tub. Then the painting has to dry.
Once it is dry the colors are a lot lighter, and so I go back in and pour pigment again. Most of the time, I need a 3rd pouring to complete the process. I then have a rich base which will shine through the colors I then paint on the background and the subject(s).
It makes for a very unique approach to watercolor. Elephant and Rhino were both done with the same approach. :-)
Thanks, Joanne, for the explanation. I'd love to watch you demonstrate this. But the next best thing is to see your photos of the process on the blog. That's cool, too. I can't wait to see Baby Giraffe when she's completed. Does she have a name, by the way?
Paz (who still has a swell head from all your kind comments)
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