The Luminous World of Watercolors: Exploring Wet-on-Wet and Glazing Techniques.
The Luminous World of Watercolors: Exploring Wet-on-Wet and Glazing Techniques. Watercolors are a unique painting medium known for their transparency and luminosity. 1 Two fundamental techniques, wet-on-wet and glazing, are crucial for any watercolor artist to master. This article delves into these techniques, explaining their utilities and providing relevant keywords. Wet-on-Wet Technique The wet-on-wet technique involves applying wet paint onto a wet surface, whether it's wet paper or a wet layer of existing paint. 2 This technique creates soft, blended, and diffused effects, making it ideal for backgrounds, skies, water, and achieving a sense of atmosphere. 3 Keywords Explained: Bleeding/Blooming: This refers to the way colors spread and merge into each other when wet paint touches a wet area. It creates soft, undefined edges, often desired for natural effects like clouds or distant foliage. Soft Edges: Unlike hard, defined edges, soft edges gradually transition from one col...