Painted this watercolor today in the freezing cold. I think it’s been maybe two years since I did a watercolor outside. At Clearwater Beach.pic.twitter.com/t6zKGQvein
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Wow, quite beautiful!
Thanks. I really love watercolor but wow it is hard. It's the inverse of oil painting, and controlling the water to pigment ratios is very difficult. You have to be more cautious than with oils since you can't really correct it. The upside though is it's way more portable.
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I didn’t know that! TIL.
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Basically, the pigment is mixed into either honey or gum arabic, both which are basically a candy that melts in water then goes solid again. You control the amount of water to control how hard or soft a shape is (think focus), and how dark or light it is. It's also transparent.
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