The development of Santa Barbara Daisies shows how the image emerges from layers of watercolor washes, creating texture and depth. 1 First, I paint a random base layer with staining pigments. The original underpainting creates texture and variety when it shows through the subsequent layers. 2 Next, I sketch the foreground shapes, trying to incorporate as much variety of color and texture in these shapes as I can. 3 Then, I paint the area around the foreground shapes with the color that will make up the middleground shapes. 4 The middleground shapes are lightly sketched in and painted around with the background color. 5 I continue to create layers that move back into space. 6 The final stage is to add details to the foreground and middleground shapes. |
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All images are of original watercolors. ©2015 by Barbara Goodman. All rights reserved. |