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Mystery Technique #157

December 20, 2025 – 7:12 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #156:

You can create intriguing textures by glazing with diluted Hydrus watercolors! This leaf started with a layer of yellow. After it dried, I wet the entire shape and dropped in Hydrus Permanent Red and Winsor & Newton’s Granulation Medium. I tilted the paper back and forth to increase the texture. When this layer was dry, I wet the leaf again and added Hydrus Sap Green, more Granulation Medium, and the veins, which I scratched in with the end of a metal paint tube.

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Mystery Technique #152

July 20, 2025 – 9:13 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #151:

I started with an abstract underpainting of diluted acrylic ink. After this layer dried, I masked out tree shapes with clear contact paper and applied loose washes of granulating watercolors with pipettes, mixing the colors wet-in-wet. I also added some Winsor & Newton Granulation Medium to increase the texture.

I let this layer dry, then continued using pipettes to paint the trunks. To create the texture of fine spatters, I rewet parts of the painting and scraped flecks of Inktense Blocks over the wet surface.

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Mystery Technique #108

October 20, 2021 – 6:41 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #107:

It’s wonderful how much variety Granulation Medium can add! I started by making swirling strokes with water and a large modified brush, then dropped in diluted yellow, using acrylic ink to prevent the color from lifting. I used a liner brush to make a few thinner strokes. After that layer dried, I made more swirling strokes with a mix of diluted Hydrus watercolors and Winsor & Newton’s Granulation Medium. Tilting the paper from side to side increased the granulating effects. For the third layer, I added more yellow and a mixed yellow green for more variety and depth.

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