Water Colours

Watercolour is a semi - transparent painting medium. It is a mixture of pigment and gum Abrabic. The colour can be diluted with water. Watercolours give beautiful, bright colours on white paper.

Different types of watercolour brushes can create different effects. Holding a watercolour brush in different positions can create different effects as well.

Flat Wash

　For a smoother effect, paint a layer of clean water on the paper first. Then mix your colours together thoroughly. Paint strokes on the paper to create large block of colour.

Wet-in-wet

　IF you wet your paper with water and then immediately paint Watercolours on it, the colours spread. This creates a blurred effect. This technique can be used to paint free, light forms.

Wet-in-dry

　 If you paint watercolours onto dry paper, you create strong colour contrasts.

Glazing

　 Glazing can give rich, bright colours. To create a glaze, paint wet strokes on top of dry watercolours. Artists often paint warm colours on top of cold colours or vice versa when they use this technique.

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