I also added a little more color to the shaded areas under the flowers using the Real Wet Bristle. To paint details, I used the Real Wet Detail and Real Wet Filbert variants to add curved brushstrokes and to paint small areas of color on the interior of the flowers. For expressive strokes, vary the pressure on the stylus. If you’d like softer edges, experiment with the Real Wet Bristle and the Real Wet Filbert variants, using a small size (about 6–10 pixels). If the Real Wet Detail seems too saturated for your taste, lower the Opacity to about 50%, using the Opacity slider in the Property Bar. To reduce the Size of the Real Wet Detail, use the Size slider in the Property Bar. Add crisper edges to areas that need definition using a small Real Wet Detail variant (6–8 pixels). If you want very crisp details, it’s a good idea to paint detail work on a separate layer, but in this case I stayed on the same Watercolor layer because I wanted to preserve the softer wet-into-wet look. The final painting with details and textures added 7. (I used opacities between 30% - 70% for the light washes on the flowers, lily pads and water.) If the paint seems to build up too fast, reduce the opacity of the brush using the Opacity slider in the Property Bar. Complete the lighter wash areas, leaving some of the “white of the paper” showing through for the highlights. Paint with strokes that follow the direction of the forms in your subject. Painter’s Real Watercolor performs like traditional transparent watercolor. When I wanted a more dramatic, thick to thin stroke, I switched to the Real Wet Filbert variant of Real Watercolor. Try not to scrub with the brush or paint over areas too many times, unless you want to darken the area. When you make a new stroke, place it next to the previous stroke so that it barely overlaps. The slight bit of diffusion built into the brush will help the brushstrokes to blend subtly as you paint. (When you select a Real Watercolor brush and make a brushstroke on your image, Painter automatically creates a new Watercolor layer in the image.) When you apply a light, even pressure on your stylus, the Real Oval Wash allows you to lay in the wash areas smoothly. In the Brush Selector, choose the Real Oval Wash variant of Real Watercolor. Choose a light color in the Color panel (I chose a light turquoise blue). Plan to work from light to dark as you add color washes to your painting. (You can always undo the brushstrokes by pressing Ctrl/1-Z, or you can delete your practice Watercolor layer by selecting it in the Layers panel and clicking the Delete button on the panel.) As you prepare to begin adding color, make a few practice brushstrokes. The brush work in the Water Lilies painting is loose and expressive. Choose File, New and in the New Image dialog box, set the Width and Height at 600 x 600 pixels.
Open a new file for trying out the brushes. Real Watercolor is a versatile medium and brush category, which allows you to paint expressive strokes, washes, add texture and more. Real Watercolor brushesīefore we work through the painting, let's try out some of my favorite Real Watercolor brushes. Sometimes I scan the sketch and import it into Painter to begin a painting. I clipped my references to the side of my monitor to refer to while painting. The Water Lilies painting was painted from scratch beginning with an empty canvas. With Watercolor layers, you can paint with brushes that apply pigment that percolates and diffuses into the paper grain, and paint washes that blend into the existing wet paint.įor this painting I used three references: a pencil sketch drawn in my conventional sketchbook and two photos that I shot on location. Wet-into-wet is the most fluid way to apply color, as it involves keeping the paper wet while new color is applied, so that new colors blend with existing moist paint. Wet-into-wet is a traditional technique that can be simulated using Painter’s Watercolor layers. Watercolor wet-into-wet techniques were used then details and texture were added. Water Lilies, a loose watercolor painting, was painted using Corel® Painter™ and a Wacom® Intuos® pressure-sensitive tablet and stylus. I sometimes work in a series, using the same media and complementary color schemes. Wet-into-Wet painting with Real Watercolor By Cher Threinen-PendarvisĮach of my paintings has its own unique feeling.
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