Underpainting watercolor

Underpainting has multiple uses. Using a vibrant color to block in the composition and allowing hints of the color to peak through is a fun strategy.

Frustrating isn’t it? Like a lot of new watercolorists, I didn’t understand about layering paint. When I started painting I would use too much water and fuss over the wet paint with my brush. I remember enthusiastically painting layer upon layer of paint until the end result looked murky and overworked! Have you ever found

During this workshop Cuong Nguyen will demonstrate his distinctive verdaccio techniques for painting a portrait in oil.

In the April 2011 issue of Watercolor Artist, Karen Frey shares her process for transforming simple shapes and gestures into rich visual scenarios for her contemporary figurative paintings. Here she demonstrates how she establishes a watercolor underpainting to start.

' Wishful Thinking' 5x7 pastel with watercolor underpainting sold I love doing watercolor underpaintings for...

An underpainting, or underdrawing, is the first layer of paint you apply to your canvas to either help establish values or to get rid of the white of the canvas. Using

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'Back to the Wetlands' 6x8 pastel ©Karen Margulis sold You just have to sneak up on it. That's the best way to add pastel to a watercolor underpainting. The beauty of the watercolor is it's transparency. Add some opaque pastel and the contrast is wonderful. Add too much pastel and you cover up the watercolor and the effect is gone. It's a balancing act. When I do a watercolor underpainting I approach the pastel application like a cat.....softly and quietly. I use a very light touch....my…