Watercolor Painting - How to Drop Wet-in-wet ?

Posted: Nov 06, 2010 |

One way to let watercolor work for you is to paint wet-in-wet. The paint is wet and the paper is damp. The paint travels a little on damp paper. You can even paint on damp paint. I sometimes think that what scares people from using watercolor is the perceived lack of control — the paint moves! But that movement is precisely the fun of watercolor. Lose control and enjoy it.

This wet-in-wet technique can be a garden of flowers, an abstract, or a cool background. What will yours be?

  1. Use a quarter sheet of watercolor paper.
  2. Choose and prepare as many colors as you want to use.
    By having your colors ready, you won't waste valuable time mixing paint while your paper dries prematurely.
  3. Dampen the paper with clear water. Apply the water with a brush or sponge. Wet the back of the paper, too, so that the paper lies flat and stays wet for a while. This gives you plenty of time to play with paint before the paper starts to dry.
  4. Apply your colors by dropping them randomly onto the wet paper, dripping color from a #12 round brush, or painting a line and letting it spread.
    Let the colors mix. Rinse your brush between picking up new colors. If your paint doesn't drip, lightly touch the tip to the paper to see if it will transfer the paint to the paper. More water may make the paint drip better. The drier the paper becomes, the less spreading the paint does.

Wet-in-wet technique is a great way to make backgrounds that have a softer edge and are less detailed. I painted the following painting in two stages. The first stage was painted wet-in-wet using a blue-gray mixed from ultramarine blue and burnt sienna. I painted all the trees, fields, and hills while the paper was very damp. Then I let the background dry. I added the pheasants, fence, and grasses when the paper was dry so the paint would hold a hard edge. The hard edge and details help create the illusion of space.

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