Watercolour Techniquespictures from: http://www.watercolorpainting.com

Flat Wash

Apply an even wash by painting an area quickly with the same amount of pigment and water on your brush

Graded Wash

It’s often a good idea to prewet the area with a sponge when completing a graded wash.

Apply the pigment onto your brush and paint the darkest area. Then rinse the brush off and pull the pigment down – it will lighten more and more as water is added to the pigment.

Glazed Wash

Wait for each layer to dry and then paint quickly over it.

Wet into Wet

When an area is wet (be it with water or another colour), and paint is applied to it, it bleeds and creates a fuzzy look.

Dry BrushRemove most of the water from the brush before adding pigment creates a much darker, rougher, look.

Syran Wrap

Salt

Add salt while the paint is wet. Remove salt when it is dry.

Lifting Wet Watercolour

Lifting Dry WatercolourRemove colour by rewetting a paint brush and then slowly moving it over the desired spot.

Spray and blot

Sandpaper

Use an exacto knife or razor to remove sharp

areas of paint.

Sgrafitto & Stamped TexturesShown in this example is a variation scratching a line with a fine sharp point, in this case a pen knife. The wet paint is sucked into the bruised paper fibers as you scratch across the wash, creating dark lines.

Splatter and Spray

Tissue Paper Texture

Isopropyl Alcohol and Watercolour

Wax Resist

Tracing Paper

Frisket

Colour