watercolour play

I've been playing around with watercolour for my media class at Sheridan - we're trying to recreate rust and other weird weathering textures. I've been looking at "Creating Textures in Pen and Ink with Watercolor" by Claudia Nice and it is super super.

Mmmmmmm watercolour... so clean and portable. Wet on wet, dripping in water or paint... you never know what it will look like when it dries. So unpredictable and exciting. Lately I've been playing with layering and frisket and alcohol and lifting colour off with paper towel. Salt! Bruising! Sponges! Fan brushes too! So much fun.

Here's a technique sheet I'm using to prep for a candle and a shell necklace. They will be up soon too!