This is a Demo from my First Friday in June Summer Kick-Off
Watercolor Sketchbook Journal Workshop
We had a great group - such fun. The weather was fairly cooperative - a little bit of everything from one extreme to the other, but not bad. From past experience, I think I can accurately say that the first Friday in June is always QUIRKY.This page in my sketchbook is showing how to just let the colors mix on the paper without mixing on the palette at all. When working with a very small palette, sometimes we run out of space for mixing and may not have extra water for cleaning off the palette. So besides giving interesting and pleasing results, mixing on the paper is convenient. I was using very basic colors - ultramarine blue, hansa yellow, quinacridone red and a little manganese blue and cobalt violet. There is a little bit of a learning curve to figure out how to have enough water to let the pigments float around and mix without flooding the sketchbook page.
So here we go - that was the Kick-Off - the beginning of a very busy summer full of classes and workshops. I am soooo looking forward to it.
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