12/4/13

Continuing Watercolor (November/December 2013)

I have added a few leaves in the back and will ad even more as I go making the background mostly medium and dark shades. 

I wet and dropped in color on the trunk (sienna brown and cerulean).  While still wet I 'sanded' in some texture using sand paper and watercolor pencils.  I wet the roof, dropped in color, and added salt while it was still wet but not a puddle (indigo, cerulean, sienna, and a little viridian).  Next I mixed a dark brown (try sienna and indigo) and added the darks in the windshield.  I varied the value of these darks and added a little red in some areas.  I darkened the background a little on the right side.  I will most likely do a little more of that next class to 'pop' the truck forward.