Learning to use watercolor

 

 

So I'm learning how to use watercolor. The mouse was copied from someone else's blog. It helped me understand how he layered the color. I created the owl from a picture I found, after I understood the idea that watercolor doesn't have to "fill in the blanks". It's a little like sketching. Fill in only what you need to.

 

My natural instinct is to keep going and be as detailed as possible, so in a way, I'm retraining how I think about painting.