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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

Mystery Technique #151

June 20, 2025 – 10:25 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #150:

You can add more texture to your paintings with Derwent Inktense Blocks! I started by using pipettes to create several layers of undulating shapes with diluted yellow and blue acrylic inks, mixing them wet-in-wet to make various greens. After these dried, I painted the background with a pale mixture of yellow, green and blue watercolors plus some Winsor & Newton Granulation Medium. Next I quickly shaved off flecks of yellow, blue and magenta Inktense Blocks with my painting knife. These stuck to the wet paint and added floating specks of color on top of the other layers. 


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Mystery Technique #141

August 20, 2024 – 7:00 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #140:

Here’s another example of glazing, this time with acrylic inks. First I used a modified bristle brush to selectively wet the paper with irregular strokes of water; then I dropped in diluted magenta, blue and yellow, letting them mix in places to create a range of colors. After this layer dried, I repeated the process 2 more times, sometimes dragging the tip of a pipette through the wet paint to create thin lines. Next I painted any remaining bits of white paper with yellow. The final step was to cut the painting into business cards.

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