03-06-2022, 08:05 AM
First a Grant Rant,
After carefully composing a post [taking most of an hour] I lost my work before posting. I hate it when that happens.
Dave, Although I like both versions, loosing the colour improves the background. In the colour version the out of focus branch is distracting. But I like the colour blossoms.
I urge you to combine both versions.
Dave,
Quote from yesterday's thread
"I wonder (not for the first time) why it is that leaving the white of the paper to show in a watercolor painting is considered to be an indication of mastery,"
To shed some light on this delicate subject I think the definition of OPAQUE is necessary;
Opake - the original English spelling
[*]Impenetrable by light; neither transparent nor translucent.
[*]Not reflecting light; having no luster. dull - meaningless
In watercolour painting "Saving your Whites" requires mastering the medium. Using an opaque Chinese White, one looses luminosity although fine lines are arguably better rendered with pigment, or sometimes by Scratching leaving pin pricks
Here is a watercolour I made many years ago. I shared this in WC. Funny I no longer have the painting. A friend made a copy slide of it so I have a record.
[*]
After carefully composing a post [taking most of an hour] I lost my work before posting. I hate it when that happens.
Dave, Although I like both versions, loosing the colour improves the background. In the colour version the out of focus branch is distracting. But I like the colour blossoms.
I urge you to combine both versions.
Dave,
Quote from yesterday's thread
"I wonder (not for the first time) why it is that leaving the white of the paper to show in a watercolor painting is considered to be an indication of mastery,"
To shed some light on this delicate subject I think the definition of OPAQUE is necessary;
Opake - the original English spelling
[*]Impenetrable by light; neither transparent nor translucent.
[*]Not reflecting light; having no luster. dull - meaningless
In watercolour painting "Saving your Whites" requires mastering the medium. Using an opaque Chinese White, one looses luminosity although fine lines are arguably better rendered with pigment, or sometimes by Scratching leaving pin pricks
Here is a watercolour I made many years ago. I shared this in WC. Funny I no longer have the painting. A friend made a copy slide of it so I have a record.
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