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Mystery Technique #140

July 20, 2024 – 9:21 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #139:

You can create luminous color mixtures by glazing on Arches cold pressed watercolor paper! First I wet the paper and then painted a delicate layer of Daniel Smith Hansa Yellow Medium. After the yellow layer dried, I rewet the entire piece of paper with a soft brush to avoid disturbing the paint and selectively added Winsor & Newton Permanent Rose for the second layer. When that layer was completely dry, I wet the paper again before painting touches of Daniel Smith French Ultramarine and Winsor Blue (Green Shade).

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Mystery Technique #135

February 20, 2024 – 7:35 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #134:

Intriguing effects happen when you let gravity assist the painting process! First I lightly primed raw unstretched canvas with diluted gesso. After this dried, I tacked the canvas to the wall and used paper cups to pour a series of acrylic glazes; each layer had to dry before another could be added. To vary the shapes, I pinched the cup’s rim to make a spout and changed the direction and angle of the canvas for each pour. I created the ghostly white shapes by letting the paint start to dry around the edges and then pouring clear water to wash most of it away.

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Mystery Technique #127

June 20, 2023 – 6:50 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #126:

This technique uses ice cream salt and requires a little patience! First I used a template to draw a circle before painting it with intense yellow watercolor paint. After the yellow dried, I glazed the circle with a layer of blue-green and placed some big crystals of ice cream salt into the wet paint. As the salt and the watery green slowly interacted, some of the yellow underpainting began to reappear. Interesting textures gradually developed around and underneath each crystal.

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