What began as an assignment to create an abstract watercolor image became a way to document the steps in creating this page in my journal. Of course it just didn’t seem complete as just an abstract and I had to create additional page content, using the abstract as a…
Step one: glue down some torn book page for an under paint texture element.
Step two: Using masking tape as a way to preserve some white, with the plan to remove bits as I painted.
Step three: A splashy layer of Daniel Smith quin burnt orange.
Step four: The addition of some serpentine green while the orange is still wet, using a circle template to push the paint through to the page.
Step five: more serpentine green and some Indanthrone blue, again with the template to get some circles.
Step six: Additional blue and green added to fill more of the page and balance the composition. Some use of the template, some space filled with wash. Entire page completed while each wash color was mostly wet to get blended effects.
Step seven: tape removed while washes still wet and mixing, to create some white space but very few actual white tape rectangles.
What began as an assignment to create an abstract watercolor image became a way to document the steps in creating this page in my journal. Of course it just didn’t seem complete as just an abstract and I had to create additional page content, using the abstract as a background. I do not normally do complex background prior to drawing but the end result was fun.
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