March can't come some enough :-) I love Julie Gilbert Pollard's loose and expressive style and really looking...

March can't come some enough :-) I love Julie Gilbert Pollard's loose and expressive style and really looking forward to learning a ton from her new book.

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Originally shared by Julie Gilbert Pollard

My new book is now available for pre-order! This is the first time I've seen which painting they decided to use for the cover - exciting!
http://www.northlightshop.com/watercolor-unleashed-w7948

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  1. Bruce AchterbergDecember 28, 2012 at 9:37 PM

    Woah, heh.

    Watercolours really lend well to water. :D [Referring to the book's cover image.]

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  2. Pooja Srinivas (Seeker)December 28, 2012 at 9:46 PM

    It does, doesn't it. Though my paintings of waterfalls and seascapes don't look half as good as these :-D

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  3. Jyoti Q DahiyaDecember 30, 2012 at 12:29 AM

    Pooja Srinivas , it's a matter of leaving part of the page uncoloured (shows as white). The trick is in knowing how to do that well. Unlike oils, water colours are transparent, and putting white on top of anything does not work. So, in oils, you start from the darkest colour, and then layer on lighter colours. (This works to some extent in acrylic also). In water colours, you start from the lightest colour and then add darker ones.

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  4. Pooja Srinivas (Seeker)December 30, 2012 at 12:33 AM

    Jyoti Dahiya I understand that in theory :-D just need to get it to work in practice. My main problem is I tend to overwork my pieces to the point of no return.

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  5. Jyoti Q DahiyaDecember 30, 2012 at 12:44 AM

    I posted another comment on your brushes post. Try using a better quality paper. That helps. :) Watercolour is not forgiving of rework. You have to have a light touch.

    One way to get a good feel of it is to use the prussian blue colour. It can be brushed on as dark as black almost, and as light as a totally washed out baby blue. Once you master this pigment, the others are easy, since they don't have so much of a range. Try making a few monochromes in only prussian blue. Crimson is the other colour with a large contrast range.

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  6. Pooja Srinivas (Seeker)December 30, 2012 at 12:53 AM

    Ah but this is good paper. And some of the pieces turn out well which makes me think it's the technique and not the paper. I need to do a better job of remembering what works and what doesn't :-D

    Good point on the monochromatic exercises though. I'll try that out.

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  7. Bruce AchterbergDecember 30, 2012 at 2:10 AM

    I think it just takes time. :) Developing the ability to do any sort of art is quite a task.

    You can certainly draw on other abilities and strengths that you've developed to make things easier, but yeah... sometimes practice and exploration is what's left.

    So long as you're having fun with it. :)

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