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Why I
paint with
watercolor |
What is it about watercolor that is so attractive?
Top of the list is its immediacy. I hate to wait. I like
paper. I like “pulling” watercolor verses “pushing” oil
or acrylics. I find the nature of watercolor paints
fascinating.
Watercolor is the interplay between paper, water and
moisture, paint and brushes. Plus, watercolor is a big
universe and can be approached many different ways.
It can be delicate, strong, controlled, loose,
precise or flowing.
The interplay between
white paper and transparent paint can give watercolor a
bright, “back-light” quality like that of a TV screen or
computer monitor. Also, you live with every layer so it is an
additive verses subtractive process of painting. |
