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Mystery Technique #139

June 20, 2024 – 5:16 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #138:

The meanderings of tree roots intrigue me, and drawing them with a water-filled pipette is a fun way to mimic their irregularities. After using water to define the root shapes, I added more water with a wet brush to form the trunk of the tree. Next I dropped in a mixture of Daniel Smith Blue Apatite Genuine and Hematite Burnt Scarlet Genuine for the color of the bark. While the paint was still wet, I used the end of a metal paint tube to scratch dark lines into the paper and added some kosher salt for additional texture. When the paint was completely dry, I brushed off the salt and lightened the tops of the roots by lifting color off with a wet brush.

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Mystery Technique #133

December 20, 2023 – 6:30 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #132:

First I created irregular branching shapes by applying diluted acrylic gloss medium with a pipette. I let these dry before painting the paper with a watercolor mixture, which only partially adhered to the acrylic. After this layer dried, I used a brush to spatter the surface with diluted acrylic gloss medium and white acrylic ink and also added a few lines with a white Posca pen. Once the spatters dried, I rewet the painting and blotted with paper towels to partially lift off the watercolor paint; this left soft halos around some of the spatters.

I then let the painting dry before adding more white Posca pen lines and finishing with a wet-in-wet mixture of French Ultramarine and Permanent Rose.

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Mystery Technique #123

January 20, 2023 – 4:59 pm

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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #122:

Glazing, gloss medium, plastic, and pipettes are combined for this Mystery Technique! First I used a brush to spatter the paper with acrylic gloss medium and let it dry. When I painted over the spatters with watercolor, they resisted the wet paint and created the sensation of light circular shapes floating in the color. Next I covered the wet paint with a piece of thin plastic, which stuck in places to form darker shapes. Working quickly, I manipulated the shapes with a palette knife and brush handle. After this layer dried, I removed the plastic, then repeated the process with a darker blue-green at the bottom. I used pipettes for the last layer to create an irregular network of linear shapes, drawing them with water before adding diluted blue-green and tilting the paper to encourage the paint to follow the water.

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